Lewes Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

Abolished: 01 Oct 1901

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Life & Death

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Birthplace & Religion

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CHAILEY Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1901 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
DITCHLING Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1901 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LEWES Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1901 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
NEWHAVEN Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1901 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
ROTTINGDEAN Registration sub-District   01 May 1900 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WEST FIRLE Registration sub-District   01 May 1898 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ALCISTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1898 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BARCOMBE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BEDDINGHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BERWICK AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1898 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BISHOPSTONE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHAILEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHALVINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DENTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DENTON URBAN CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
DITCHLING AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
EAST BLATCHINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
EAST CHILTINGTON Ch/Hmlt/CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FALMER CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FIRLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GLYNDE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HAMSEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
IFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
KINGSTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1894 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
KINGSTON NEAR LEWES CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
KINGSTON URBAN CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
LEWES ALL SAINTS CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEWES ST ANN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEWES ST ANN WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
LEWES ST JOHN THE BAPTIST SOUTHOVER CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEWES ST JOHN UNDER THE CASTLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEWES ST JOHN WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
LEWES ST MICHAEL CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEWES ST THOMAS A BECKET CLIFFE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEWES THE CASTLE PRECINCTS CP/ExP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NEWHAVEN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NEWICK AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OVINGDEAN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PIDDINGHOE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PLUMPTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RINGMER AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RIPE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1898 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RODMELL AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ROTTINGDEAN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SELMESTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1898 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SOUTHEASE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SOUTH HEIGHTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SOUTH MALLING CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SOUTH MALLING WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
SOUTHOVER WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
STANMER CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
STREAT AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TARRING NEVILLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TELSCOMBE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WESTMESTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WIVELSFIELD CP/AP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1835 1901 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SUSSEX Poor Law/Registration County   1901 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.

Boundary Map of Lewes Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

If the boundaries of the Poor Law Union/Reg. District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lewes Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10474619

Date accessed: 08th April 2026