Rotherhithe (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time

Rotherhithe Poor Law Union/Registration District

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

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.

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

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

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.

Alternative names

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
ROTHERHITHE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 687.
ST MARY ROTHERHITHE	Alternate	English			Poor Law Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament pre 1871 (HMSO)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ROTHERHITHE	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1870	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ROTHERHITHE Vest/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 489.

Other related units

We know of no associations with other units.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
LONDON	Poor Law/Registration County		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SURREY	Poor Law/Registration County		1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 687.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1870	was abolished to enlarge	ST OLAVE RegD/PLU	Rotherhithe became part of St. Olave Southwark	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10005530

Date accessed: 13th November 2025