Mile End Old Town Western Registration Sub-District through time

Mile End Old Town Western 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.

'Mile End Old Town Upper', as listed in 1851, has exactly the same area as 'Old Town Western', as listed in 1861, so they are clearly the same unit.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
MILE END OLD TOWN UPPER	Official	English		01 Oct 1857	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MILE END OLD TOWN WESTERN	Preferred	English	01 Oct 1857	01 May 1904	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
MILE END OLD TOWN CP/Vest/Hmlt	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
MILE END OLD TOWN RegD/PLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Oct 1857	01 May 1904	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
STEPNEY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Oct 1857	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Mile End Old Town Western Registration Sub-District through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10565741

Date accessed: 08th April 2026