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

Preferred Name:
ST OLAVE
Unit Type:
Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:
Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:
1837
Date abolished:
1930
Unit ID:
10081749
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

Notes:

Youngs' gives the PL Union status of this unit an end date of 1904 replaced by Bermondsey PL parish. This actually reflects a change in the constituent parishes which in 1904 were all abolished to enlarge Bermondsey AP/CP which became the sole constituent parish. The Union continued unchanged geographically, from 1904 onwards it was listed as Bermondsey in Poor Law Reports, whilst the Registration District in Census reports was listed as St Olave (Bermondsey).

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
ST OLAVE SOUTHWARK Official English   01 Jan 1902 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
ST OLAVE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
BERMONDSEY Alternate English 1904   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 643.
ST OLAVE BERMONDSEY Alternate English 01 Jan 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'.
ST OLAVES Alternate English     Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)
ST OLAVE SOUTHWARK Alternate English     Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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
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'.
LONDON Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
SURREY Poor Law/Registration County   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jan 1870 was enlarged by the abolition of BERMONDSEY RegD/PLPar Bermondsey became part of St. Olave Southwark   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870 was enlarged by the abolition of ROTHERHITHE RegD/PLPar Rotherhithe became part of St. Olave Southwark   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BERMONDSEY Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870   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'.
ROTHERHITHE Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870   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'.
ST JAMES BERMONDSEY Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870 01 Sep 1898 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JOHN HORSLEYDOWN Registration sub-District   01 Feb 1883 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST MARY MAGDALEN Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1870 01 Sep 1894 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST OLAVE 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'.
BERMONDSEY CP/Vest/AP Parish-level Unit 1869   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 473.
ROTHERHITHE Vest/CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1869 1899 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 489.
SOUTHWARK ST JOHN HORSLEYDOWN CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 491.
SOUTHWARK ST OLAVE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 491.
SOUTHWARK ST OLAVE AND ST THOMAS CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 308.
SOUTHWARK ST THOMAS AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 491.
How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St Olave 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/10081749

Date accessed: 19th March 2024