Spotland Nearer Registration Sub-District through time

Spotland Nearer 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
SPOTLAND NEARER	Preferred	English		01 Jan 1902	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SPOTLAND NEARER SIDE	Alternate	English			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
ROCHDALE CP	Parish-level Unit	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
SPOTLAND CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
WHITWORTH CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ROCHDALE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Jan 1902	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10565388

Date accessed: 08th April 2026