Stepney Poor Law Union/Registration District

Abolished: 1921

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
STEPNEY Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.
STEPNEY AND MILE END OLD TOWN Alternate English     Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
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'.
MILE END OLD TOWN EASTERN Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1857 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
MILE END OLD TOWN WESTERN Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1857 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
RATCLIFF Registration sub-District   01 Aug 1902 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SHADWELL Registration sub-District   01 Aug 1902 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SHADWELL AND RATCLIFF Registration sub-District 02 Aug 1902   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'.
LIMEHOUSE CP/ExP Parish-level Unit   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 333.
MILE END OLD TOWN CP/Vest/Hmlt Parish-level Unit 1836 1857 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 334.
RATCLIFFE CP/Hmlt Parish-level Unit   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 338.
SHADWELL ParLib/CP Parish-level Unit   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 342.
STEPNEY CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WAPPING Hmlt/CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 347.

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'.
MIDDLESEX Poor Law/Registration County   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 649.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Oct 1857 was reduced to create MILE END OLD TOWN RegD/PLPar Mile End Old Town (Upper and Lower) split from Stepney to form a new RD consisting of Mile End Old Town Western and Mile End Old Town Eastern   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Stepney 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, Stepney (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10043748

Date accessed: 08th November 2025