Portsmouth and Southsea Registration Sub-District through time

Portsmouth and Southsea 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
PORTSMOUTH TOWN	Official	English		1-JUN-1893	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTHSEA	Preferred	English	01 Jun 1893		Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
PORTSMOUTH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
PORTSMOUTH RegD/PLPar/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Oct 1899	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10563460

Date accessed: 09th April 2026