Ashby de la Zouch RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District

Administrative unit

Ashby de la Zouch RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Life & Death

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 16,208 in 1801 to 50,452 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.5 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 4.83 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 147.83 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 102.41 in 1881.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Preferred Name:: ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1836
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10112000
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 693.

Ashby de la Zouch RegD/PLU, Leicestershire

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
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
02 Apr 1862	was enlarged by gaining part of	LOUGHBOROUGH RegD/PLU	Loughborough sub-district lost the parish of Bardon to Whitwick	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1895	was enlarged by gaining part of	TAMWORTH RegD/PLU	Chilcote lost to Ashby-de-la-Zouch	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH	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'.
HARTSHORN	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'.
MEASHAM	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'.
WHITWICK	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'.
APPLEBY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 66.
APPLEBY MAGNA CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 219.
APPLEBY MAGNA NORTH CP	Parish-level Unit	1889	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 66.
APPLEBY MAGNA SOUTH CP	Parish-level Unit	1889	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 220.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 220.
ASHBY WOULDS CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 220.
BARDON CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 220.
BLACKFORDBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 221.
CALKE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 70.
CHILCOTE Ch/CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1897		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 71.
COALVILLE CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 224.
COLEORTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 224.
HARTSHORNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 76.
HEATHER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 227.
HUGGLESCOTE AND DONINGTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 228.
MEASHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 80.
NETHER SEAL CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 236.
NETHERSEAL CP	Parish-level Unit	1897		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 80.
NORMANTON LE HEATH CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 233.
OAKTHORPE AND DONISTHORPE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 81.
OSGATHORPE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 234.
OVER SEAL CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 236.
OVERSEAL CP	Parish-level Unit	1897		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 82.
OVER SEAL AND NETHER SEAL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 236.
PACKINGTON CP/AP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 82.
RAVENSTONE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1884	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 83.
RAVENSTONE WITH SNIBSTON CP	Parish-level Unit	1884		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 235.
SMISBY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 84.
SNARESTONE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 237.
STAUNTON HAROLD CP/Tn/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 237.
STRETTON EN LE FIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 85.
SWANNINGTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 238.
SWEPSTONE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 238.
THE BOUNDARY CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 68.
THRINGSTONE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 238.
TICKNALL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 86.
WHITWICK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 240.
WILLESLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 87.
WOODVILLE CP	Parish-level Unit	1897		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 88.
WORTHINGTON 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, Ashby de la Zouch 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/10112000

Date accessed: 07th February 2025