London Poor Law/Registration Division

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.
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

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LONDON Poor Law/Registration County     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.
BATTERSEA Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
BERMONDSEY Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
BETHNAL GREEN Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
CAMBERWELL Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
CHELSEA Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
CLERKENWELL Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
FULHAM Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
GREENWICH Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
HACKNEY Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
HAMMERSMITH Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
HAMPSTEAD Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
HOLBORN Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
ISLINGTON Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
KENSINGTON Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
LAMBETH Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
LEWISHAM Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
LIMEHOUSE Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
LONDON CITY Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
MILE END OLD TOWN Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
NEWINGTON Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
PADDINGTON Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
PLUMSTEAD Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
POPLAR Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
ROTHERHITHE Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
SHOREDITCH Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ST GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ST GEORGE THE MARTYR SOUTHWARK Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ST GILES Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
ST JAMES WESTMINSTER Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ST LUKE Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ST MARYLEBONE Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
ST OLAVE Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
ST PANCRAS Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
STRAND Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
ST SAVIOUR Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
WANDSWORTH Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
WESTMINSTER Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
WHITECHAPEL Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
WOOLWICH Lon_SDist Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ENGLAND AND WALES Dep Country     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, London Poor Law/Registration Division through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12823940

Date accessed: 08th April 2026