West Houghton Registration Sub-District through time

West Houghton Registration Sub-District

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

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

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

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

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
WEST HOUGHTON	Preferred	English		01 Feb 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
WESTHOUGHTON	Alternate	English			1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WESTHOUGHTON Tn/CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			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'.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BOLTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Feb 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Houghton Registration Sub-District through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10562820

Date accessed: 09th April 2026