Chorlton RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Chorlton RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 9,342 in 1801 to 392,244 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 2.16 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 3.86 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 192.01 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 140.16 in 1881.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:: CHORLTON
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10030262
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 681.

Chorlton RegD/PLU, Lancashire

Notes:

The Poor Law pauper returns from 1911 onward indicate that Chorlton Union changed it's name to South Manchester. The History of the Workhouse website identifies the change occurring in 1910. As the exact date and Act implementing the change are not currently identified and this affects a unit preferred name, South Manchester has been entered as a alternate name until such time as more details emerge.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
CHORLTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 681.
SOUTH MANCHESTER	Alternate	English			Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse (Chorlton)

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LANCASHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 681.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1913	was enlarged by gaining part of	STOCKPORT RegD/PLU	Area: 45 acres. Population in 1921: 57.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order
09 Nov 1913	was enlarged by gaining part of	STOCKPORT RegD/PLU	Area: 45 acres. Population in 1921: 57.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar-General's Order

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ARDWICK	Registration sub-District			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'.
CHORLTON UPON MEDLOCK	Registration sub-District			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'.
DIDSBURY	Registration sub-District			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'.
HULME	Registration sub-District			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'.
ARDWICK CP/Ch/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 143.
BARTON UPON IRWELL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1849	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 146.
BURNAGE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 153.
CHORLTON CUM HARDY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1837	1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 157.
CHORLTON UPON MEDLOCK CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 157.
DIDSBURY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 162.
FLIXTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1837	1849	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 167.
GORTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 168.
HULME CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 175.
LEVENSHULME CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 179.
MOSS SIDE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 188.
OPENSHAW CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 191.
RUSHOLME CP/Ch/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 198.
SOUTH MANCHESTER CP	Parish-level Unit	1896	1916	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 185.
STRETFORD CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1837	1849	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 203.
URMSTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1849	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 207.
WEST GORTON CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 168.
WITHINGTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 213.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Chorlton RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10030262

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024