Hayfield Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

Created: 1837   Abolished: 01 Apr 1898

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

Notes

This area covered Glossop and Hayfield Poor Law Unions, and was a Registration District until 1898.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GLOSSOP Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1898 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'.
HAYFIELD Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1898 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'.
CHARLESWORTH CP/Ch Parish-level Unit   01 Apr 1898 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHISWORTH PA/CP Parish-level Unit 1896 01 Apr 1898 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
DISLEY CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1866 01 Apr 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 17.
GLOSSOP AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Apr 1898 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HAYFIELD CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1866 01 Apr 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 77.
LUDWORTH CP Parish-level Unit 1896 01 Apr 1898 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
LUDWORTH AND CHISWORTH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   1896 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MELLOR CP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1866 01 Apr 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 80.
NEW MILLS CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1866 01 Apr 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 67.
NEWTOWN CP Parish-level Unit 1894 01 Apr 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by HAYFIELD PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
DERBYSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850 01 Apr 1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 656.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1898 was reduced to create GLOSSOP RegD/PLU The Poor Law Union of Glossop was separated from Hayfield RD and became an RD in its own right   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Hayfield 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, Hayfield Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10560135

Date accessed: 08th April 2026