Wortley Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

Created: 1838   Abolished: 01 Jan 1911

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Life & Death

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Birthplace & Religion

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

This area covered the Poor Law Unions of Wortley and Penistone, and was a single Registration District until January 1911, when Penistone Union was established as a separate Registration District.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BRADFIELD Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1911 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'.
CAWTHORNE Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1911 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'.
ECCLESFIELD Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1911 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'.
HIGH HOYLAND Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1911 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'.
PENISTONE Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1911 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'.
WORTLEY Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1911 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'.
BRADFIELD CP/Ch Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 518.
CAWTHORNE Ch/AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
CLAYTON WEST CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
DENBY CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
ECCLESFIELD AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 538.
GUNTHWAITE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
HIGH HOYLAND CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
HOYLAND SWAINE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1838 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 562.
HUNSHELF Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1838 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 564.
INGBIRCHWORTH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1838 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 565.
KEXBOROUGH CP/Tn Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
LANGSETT CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1838 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 572.
OXSPRING Tn/CP Parish-level Unit 1838 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 592.
PENISTONE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1838 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 592.
SILKSTONE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
STOCKSBRIDGE CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 613.
TANKERSLEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 615.
THURGOLAND CP/Tg Parish-level Unit 1838 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 619.
THURLSTONE CP/Tn Parish-level Unit 1838 1849 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 619.
WORTLEY Ch/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1911 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 629.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by WORTLEY PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Changes in the boundaries of Registration Districts during the intercensal period 1901-1911'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WEST RIDING Poor Law/Registration County 1850   1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jan 1911 was abolished to create PENISTONE RegD/PLU   1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Changes in the boundaries of Registration Districts during the intercensal period 1901-1911'.

Boundary Map of Wortley Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD)

If the boundaries of the Poor Law Union/Reg. District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wortley Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10584735

Date accessed: 08th April 2026