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

Preferred Name:
HEREFORDSHIRE
Unit Type:
Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:
1851
Date abolished:
1930
Unit ID:
10134778
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 121.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
HEREFORDSHIRE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 121.
HEREFORD Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 121.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was preceded by HEREFORDSHIRE Ancient County F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
was succeeded by HEREFORDSHIRE County/UA District/Unitary Authority F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 121.
was succeeded by HEREFORDSHIRE Administrative County F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ENGLAND Dep Country 1851 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 121.
WEST MIDLAND Poor Law/Registration Division     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BROMYARD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
DORE PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
HEREFORD RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District 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'.
HEREFORD PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
KINGTON RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
LEDBURY RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
LEOMINSTER RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
PRESTEIGNE PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850 01 Jul 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
ROSS RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
WEOBLEY RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
BROMYARD RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
DORE RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
HEREFORD RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
HEREFORD USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
KINGTON USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
KINGTON RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
LEDBURY RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
LEOMINSTER USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
LEOMINSTER RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
ROSS RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
ROSS USD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
WEOBLEY RSD Sanitary District   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Herefordshire RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10134778

Date accessed: 19th March 2024