Limehouse Parish

Abolished: 1927

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.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
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The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
LIMEHOUSE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LIMEHOUSE ST ANNE Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
ST ANNE LIMEHOUSE Alternate English     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by LIMEHOUSE EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
MIDDLESEX Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LIMEHOUSE PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District 1921 01 Apr 1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
STEPNEY PLU/PLPar Poor Law Union/Reg. District 01 Apr 1925 1927 Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
STEPNEY RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LIMEHOUSE Lon_SDist Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
LIMEHOUSE 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'.
OSSULSTONE Hundred Ancient District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
STEPNEY MetB Local Government District   1927 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
STEPNEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1725 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1921 was enlarged by the abolition of RATCLIFFE CP/Hmlt Area: 112 acres. Population in 1921: 12300.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The London (Stepney) Confirmation Order, 1921 (No. 66936)
01 Apr 1921 was enlarged by the abolition of SHADWELL ParLib/CP Area: 69 acres. Population in 1921: 7878.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The London (Stepney) Confirmation Order, 1921 (No. 66936)
01 Apr 1921 was enlarged by the abolition of WAPPING Hmlt/CP/AP Area: 41 acres. Population in 1921: 1710.   1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; The London (Stepney) Confirmation Order, 1921 (No. 66936)
  was enlarged by gaining part of BROMLEY CP/AP Population in 1901: 11.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was reduced to enlarge POPLAR CP/ExP/Ch Population in 1901: 353.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)
  was enlarged by gaining part of POPLAR CP/ExP/Ch Population in 1901: 163.   1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Boundaries of Civil Parishes, effected Local Government Acts of 1899 and 1894, and by Local Acts since 1891 - Inhabited Houses and Population 1901'.; London Government Act (1899)

Boundary Map of Limehouse Parish

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit 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, Limehouse (Parish) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10020566

Date accessed: 08th November 2025