St Luke (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time

St Luke 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

We know of no alternate names.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
CITY ROAD	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
OLD STREET	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST LUKE	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WHITECROSS STREET	Registration sub-District	02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST LUKE Vest/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.

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'.
MIDDLESEX	Poor Law/Registration County		1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
02 Aug 1869	was abolished to enlarge	HOLBORN RegD/PLU	St. Luke united to Holborn	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10043724

Date accessed: 17th November 2025