Southwark Poor Law Union/Registration District

Abolished: 1930

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.
Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
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

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
ST SAVIOURS Official English   01 Apr 1901 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
SOUTHWARK Preferred English 01 Apr 1901   Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK Alternate English     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BOROUGH ROAD Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870 01 Jul 1903 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CHRISTCHURCH AND ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK Registration sub-District 01 Aug 1906   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'.
CHRISTCHURCH SOUTHWARK Registration sub-District   01 Aug 1906 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
KENT ROAD Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870   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'.
LONDON ROAD Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870 01 Jul 1903 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
NEWINGTON NORTH Registration sub-District 01 May 1904   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'.
NEWINGTON SOUTH Registration sub-District 01 May 1904   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'.
ST GEORGE THE MARTYR WEST Registration sub-District 01 Jul 1903   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'.
ST MARY NEWINGTON Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870 01 Mar 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PETER WALWORTH Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870 01 Mar 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK Registration sub-District   01 Aug 1906 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
TRINITY NEWINGTON Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870 01 Mar 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
NEWINGTON Vest/AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 486.
SOUTHWARK CHRISTCHURCH ParLib/CP Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 490.
SOUTHWARK ST GEORGE THE MARTYR Vest/CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 491.
SOUTHWARK ST SAVIOUR AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 491.

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LONDON Poor Law/Registration County 01 Apr 1857   1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LONDON Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
SURREY Poor Law/Registration County   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jan 1870 was enlarged by the abolition of NEWINGTON ST MARY RegD/PLPar Newington merged into St. Saviour Southwark   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870 was enlarged by the abolition of SOUTHWARK ST GEORGE THE MARTYR RegD/PLPar St. George Southwark merged into St. Saviour Southwark   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Southwark Poor Law Union/Registration District

If the boundaries of the Poor Law Union/Reg. District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Southwark (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10005220

Date accessed: 12th November 2025