Lewisham Poor Law Union/Registration District

Created: 1836  

Statistics

Population

Population

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

Industry

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

Life & Death

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

Work & Poverty

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

Housing

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

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

We know of no alternate names.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ELTHAM 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'.
LEE 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'.
LEWISHAM 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'.
PLUMSTEAD Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1868 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SYDENHAM 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'.
CHARLTON NEXT WOOLWICH CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1836 1868 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 265.
ELTHAM ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 270.
KIDBROOKE CP/AP/ParLib Parish-level Unit 1836 1868 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 277.
LEE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
LEWISHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 278.
MOTTINGHAM CP/Hmlt Parish-level Unit 1836 1887 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 281.
PLUMSTEAD Vest/AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1868 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 284.

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
KENT Poor Law/Registration County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 636.
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.)

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jul 1868 was reduced to enlarge WOOLWICH RegD/PLU Transferred to the new RD of Woolwich; Lee lost the liberty of Kidbrooke to form part of Charlton, Plumstead went to form Plumsted East and West and Charlton   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Apr 1887 was reduced to enlarge BROMLEY RegD/PLU Mottingley   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Lewisham Poor Law Union/Registration District

If the boundaries of the Poor Law Union/Reg. District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lewisham (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10139375

Date accessed: 17th November 2025