Basingstoke RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District

Administrative unit

Basingstoke RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 11,726 in 1801 to 23,911 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.86 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.06 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 114.79 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 71.66 in 1881.
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:: BASINGSTOKE
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1835
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10044029
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.

Basingstoke RegD/PLU, Hampshire

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
HAMPSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
HAMPSHIRE	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1879	was reduced to enlarge	BRADFIELD RegD/PLU	Bramley lost the tything of Beach Hill to the sub-district of Mortimer	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Nov 1879	was enlarged by gaining part of	BRADFIELD RegD/PLU	Mortimer lost the tything of Mortimer West End to the sub-district of Bramley	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1895	was reduced to enlarge	HARTLEY WINTNEY RegD/PLU	Part of Eastrop lost to Hartley Wintney	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1902	was enlarged by gaining part of	HARTLEY WINTNEY RegD/PLU	Mattingley (part of)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BASINGSTOKE	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'.
BRAMLEY	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'.
DUMMER	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'.
ANDWELL CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 196.
BASING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 196.
BASINGSTOKE Ch/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 196.
BEECH HILL Ch/CP/Tg	Parish-level Unit		01 Jan 1879	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BRADLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 205.
BRAMLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
CHRISTCHURCH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
CLIDDESDEN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
DEANE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 205.
DUMMER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 205.
EASTROP CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
ELLISFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
FARLEIGH WALLOP AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
HARTLEY WESPALL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
HERRIARD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1830s		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
MAPLEDURWELL CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
MONK SHERBORNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
MORTIMER WEST END CP/Tg	Parish-level Unit	Before 1881	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
NATELY SCURES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
NEWNHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
NORTH WALTHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
NUTLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
OAKLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
PAMBER CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
POPHAM Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
PRESTON CANDOVER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
SHERBORNE ST JOHN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
SHERFIELD ON LODDON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
SILCHESTER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
STEVENTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
STRATFIELD SAYE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
STRATFIELD TURGIS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
TUNWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
UP NATELY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
UPTON GRAY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
WESTON CORBETT CP/AP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
WESTON PATRICK CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
WINSLADE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 196.
WINTON CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1900	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
WOODMANCOTT Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
WOOTTON ST LAWRENCE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1834		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.
WORTING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1932	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 616.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Basingstoke RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10044029

Date accessed: 23rd June 2025