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

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Barrow upon Soar RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 13,831 in 1801 to 27,945 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.66 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.35 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 164.77 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 117.74 in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Preferred Name:: BARROW UPON SOAR
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10055880
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 693.

Barrow upon Soar RegD/PLU, Leicestershire

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
BARROW UPON SOAR	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 693.
BARROW ON SOAR	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table 2, 'Number of Day and Sunday Schools in the 624 Districts or Unions, classified according to their sources of maintenance'.

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
LEICESTERSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 693.
LEICESTERSHIRE	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 1892	was reduced to enlarge	LEICESTER RegD/PLU/PLPar	Part of the parish of Belgrave was lost the sub-district of East Leicester and Rothley lost the parish of Leicester Abbey to West Leicester	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1895	was reduced to enlarge	LEICESTER RegD/PLU/PLPar	Belgrave and part of Leicester Abbey lost to Leicester	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BARROW UPON SOAR	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'.
QUORNDON	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'.
ROTHLEY	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'.
SYSTON	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'.
ANSTEY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 219.
ANSTEY PASTURES CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 219.
BARKBY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 220.
BARKBY THORPE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 220.
BARROW UPON SOAR AP/Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 220.
BEAUMONT LEYS CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
BEEBY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
BELGRAVE CP/AP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1837	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
BIRSTALL CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
BRADGATE PARK CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 222.
COSSINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 224.
CROPSTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 224.
GILROES CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 226.
LEICESTER ABBEY CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1892	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 230.
LEICESTER FRITH CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 231.
MAPLEWELL LONGDALE CP/Hmlt	Parish-level Unit	1866	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 232.
MOUNTSORREL CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1884		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 233.
MOUNTSORREL NORTH END CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 233.
MOUNTSORREL SOUTH END CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 233.
NEWTOWN LINFORD CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 233.
NORTH THURMASTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 239.
QUENIBOROUGH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
QUORNDON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 235.
RATCLIFFE ON THE WREAKE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 235.
REARSBY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 235.
ROTHLEY Tn/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 235.
ROTHLEY TEMPLE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 235.
SEAGRAVE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 236.
SILEBY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 237.
SOUTH CROXTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 224.
SOUTH THURMASTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		1903	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 693.
SWITHLAND AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 238.
SYSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 238.
THRUSSINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 239.
THURCASTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 239.
THURMASTON CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 239.
ULVERSCROFT CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 239.
WALTON ON THE WOLDS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 240.
WANLIP CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 240.
WOODHOUSE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 241.

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

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Date accessed: 17th April 2025