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

Administrative unit

Bury St Edmunds RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 7,655 in 1801 to 31,224 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.53 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.06 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 216.16 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 97.36 in 1881.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Preferred Name:: BURY ST EDMUNDS
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10112096
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 679.

Bury St Edmunds RegD/PLU, Suffolk

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
SUFFOLK	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 679.
WEST SUFFOLK	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 Apr 1908	was enlarged by the abolition of	THINGOE RegD/PLU	On this day Thingoe and Bury St Edmunds were united and called Bury St Edmunds	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BURY ST EDMUNDS	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'.
FORNHAM	Registration sub-District	01 Apr 1908		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'.
IXWORTH	Registration sub-District	01 Apr 1908		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'.
ROUGHAM	Registration sub-District	01 Apr 1908		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'.
AMPTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 448.
BARDWELL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 449.
BARROW AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 449.
BRADFIELD COMBUST CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 450.
BRADFIELD ST CLARE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 450.
BRADFIELD ST GEORGE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 450.
BROCKLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
BURY ST EDMUNDS CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ST JAMES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ST MARY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
CHEDBURGH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 452.
CHEVINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 452.
CULFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 453.
DENHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 453.
DEPDEN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 453.
FLEMPTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
FORNHAM ALL SAINTS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
FORNHAM ST GENEVIEVE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
FORNHAM ST MARTIN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
GREAT BARTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 449.
GREAT LIVERMERE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1974	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 460.
GREAT SAXHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 463.
GREAT WELNETHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 466.
HARDWICK CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HARGRAVE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HAWSTEAD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HENGRAVE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HORRINGER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 457.
ICKWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 457.
INGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 458.
IXWORTH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 458.
IXWORTH THORPE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 458.
LACKFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 459.
LITTLE LIVERMERE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 460.
LITTLE SAXHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 463.
LITTLE WELNETHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 466.
NOWTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 461.
PAKENHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 461.
REDE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 462.
RISBY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 462.
ROUGHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 462.
RUSHBROOKE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 463.
STANNINGFIELD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
STANTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
TIMWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 465.
TROSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 466.
WESTLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 467.
WEST STOW CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 464.
WHEPSTEAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 467.
WORDWELL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1907	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 468.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bury St Edmunds 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/10112096

Date accessed: 25th April 2024