St Mary Magdalen Registration Sub-District through time

St Mary Magdalen 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	End	Authority
ST MARY MAGDALEN	Preferred	English	01 May 1900	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALEN	Alternate	English	01 May 1900	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'.
TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALENE	Alternate	English		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Sub-Districts'.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
RUISHTON Ch/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'.
STOKE ST MARY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALENE AP/CP	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'.
TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALENE WITHIN 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'.
TAUNTON ST MARY MAGDALENE WITHOUT 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'.
WILTON Ch/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
TAUNTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 May 1900	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10564840

Date accessed: 09th April 2026