Cumberland RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County

Administrative unit

Cumberland RegC

Poor Law/Registration County

Historical statistics
Key findings
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Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 117,230 in 1801 to 265,746 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.55 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 5.64 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 133.1 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 112.46 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:: CUMBERLAND
Unit Type:: Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:: 1851
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10134730
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 45.

Cumberland RegC

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	CUMBERLAND	Administrative County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 651.
was preceded by	CUMBERLAND	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 649.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ENGLAND Dep	Country	1851	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 45.
NORTHERN	Poor Law/Registration Division			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ALSTON WITH GARRIGILL RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 649.
BOOTLE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 649.
BRAMPTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 649.
CARLISLE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 649.
COCKERMOUTH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 649.
LONGTOWN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
PENRITH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
WHITEHAVEN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
WIGTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
ALSTON WITH GARRIGILL RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
ARLECDON AND FRIZINGTON USD	Sanitary District	1892	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
ASPATRIA USD	Sanitary District	1892	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
BOOTLE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
BRAMPTON RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 45.
BRAMPTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
CARLISLE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
CARLISLE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
CLEATOR MOOR USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
COCKERMOUTH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
COCKERMOUTH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
EGREMONT USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
HARRINGTON USD	Sanitary District	1891	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
HOLME CULTRAM USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
KESWICK USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
LONGTOWN RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
MARYPORT USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
MILLOM USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
PENRITH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
PENRITH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
WHITEHAVEN USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
WHITEHAVEN RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
WIGTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
WIGTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
WORKINGTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 650.
WORKINGTON RSD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cumberland RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10134730

Date accessed: 18th April 2025