Blackburn Registration Sub-District through time

Blackburn 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.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BLACKBURN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		01 Oct 1885	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
BLACKBURN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Oct 1885	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Oct 1885	was abolished to create	BLACKBURN NORTHERN		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
01 Oct 1885	was abolished to create	BLACKBURN SOUTH EASTERN		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10562880

Date accessed: 08th April 2026