Shropshire RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County

Administrative unit

Shropshire RegC

Poor Law/Registration County

Historical statistics
Key findings
Relationships and changes

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Population

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

Industry

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

Life & Death

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

Work & Poverty

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

Housing

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

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 182,695 in 1801 to 266,052 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.08 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.47 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 124.31 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 89.55 in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:: SHROPSHIRE
Unit Type:: Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:: 1851
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10024948
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 377.

Shropshire RegC

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
SHROPSHIRE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 377.
SALOP	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 377.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	SHROPSHIRE	Modern (post 1974) County	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
was succeeded by	SHROPSHIRE	Administrative County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
was preceded by	SHROPSHIRE	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ENGLAND Dep	Country	1851	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 377.
WEST MIDLAND	Poor Law/Registration Division			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

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
ATCHAM PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
BRIDGNORTH PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
CHURCH STRETTON PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
CLEOBURY MORTIMER PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
CLUN PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
ELLESMERE PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
LUDLOW PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
MADELEY PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
MARKET DRAYTON PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
NEWPORT PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
OSWESTRY PLU/Inc/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
SHIFNAL PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
SHREWSBURY PLU/Inc/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
WELLINGTON PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
WEM PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
WHITCHURCH PLU/Inc/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
ATCHAM RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
BISHOPS CASTLE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
BRIDGNORTH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
BRIDGNORTH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
BROSELEY USD	Sanitary District	1875	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
CHURCH STRETTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
CLEOBURY MORTIMER RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
CLUN RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
CLUN USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 381.
DAWLEY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
ELLESMERE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
ELLESMERE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
LUDLOW USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
LUDLOW RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
MADELEY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
MADELEY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
MARKET DRAYTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
MUCH WENLOCK USD	Sanitary District	1875	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
NEWPORT RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
NEWPORT USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
OSWESTRY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
OSWESTRY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
SHIFNAL RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
SHREWSBURY RSD	Sanitary District	1875	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
WELLINGTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
WELLINGTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
WEM RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
WENLOCK USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
WENLOCK RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 384.
WHITCHURCH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
WHITCHURCH AND DODDINGTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Shropshire RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10024948

Date accessed: 29th June 2022