Administrative unit

Portland USD

Sanitary District

Available Themes

Population

Population

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

Preferred Name:
PORTLAND
Unit Type:
Sanitary District
Status:
Urban Sanitary District (until 1894)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
1894
Unit ID:
10138127
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 595.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

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
SOUTH WESTERN Poor Law/Registration Division     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'.
DORSET Poor Law/Registration County   1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 595.

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
PORTLAND CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 117.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Portland USD through time | Census tables with data for the Sanitary District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10138127

Date accessed: 26th May 2013