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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:
CHICHESTER
Unit Type:
Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:
Registration District
Incorporation (after 1869)
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
1930
Unit ID:
10449030
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 694.

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
SUSSEX Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 694.
WEST SUSSEX Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jan 1870 was reduced to enlarge MIDHURST RegD/PLU The sub-district of Midhurst gained Heyshott from the abolished sub-district of Sutton   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870 was reduced to enlarge PETWORTH RegD/PLU Barlavington, Bignor, Burton, Bury, Coates, Duncton, Egdean, Fittleworth, Greatham and Sutton transferred. The sub-district of Sutton was abolished   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870 was reduced to enlarge WESTHAMPNETT RegD/PLU The sub-district of South Bersted (parishes of Bersted and Bognor)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Aug 1896 was enlarged by gaining part of WESTHAMPNETT RegD/PLU Rumboldswyke, Porthfield, St Pancras Rural and Sub-Deanery Rural lost to Chichester   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1896 was enlarged by gaining part of WESTHAMPNETT RegD/PLU Chichester (part of), Donnington (part of), New Fishbourne (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BOGNOR Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1870 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CHICHESTER 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'.
SUTTON Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1870 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BARLAVINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BERSTED CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BIGNOR AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BURTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BURY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHICHESTER CP Parish-level Unit 1896 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
CHICHESTER ALL SAINTS CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
CHICHESTER NEWTOWN CP/ExP/Ch Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST ANDREW AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST BARTHOLOMEW AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST JAMES CP/ExP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST MARTIN AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST OLAVE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST PANCRAS AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST PETER THE GREAT AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST PETER THE LESS AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER THE CLOSE CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
CLAPHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
COATES AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DUNCTON CP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
EGDEAN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FITTLEWORTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GREATHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HEYSHOTT CP/AP Parish-level Unit   Between 1861 and 1871 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PATCHING CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SLINDON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1858 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST BARTHOLOMEW RURAL CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
ST PANCRAS RURAL CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
SUB DEANERY RURAL CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
SUTTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1869 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
THE GUMBER ExP Parish-level Unit   1858 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WARNINGCAMP Tg/CP Parish-level Unit 1866 1869 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 524.
How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Chichester Inc/RegD 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/10449030

Date accessed: 19th March 2024