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

Administrative unit

Pewsey RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Industry

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Life & Death

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

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 9,377 in 1801 to 13,303 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.89 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.92 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 103.24 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 57.63 in 1901.
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:: PEWSEY
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10139521
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703.

Pewsey RegD/PLU, Wiltshire

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
WILTSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703.
WILTSHIRE	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 1880	was enlarged by gaining part of	ANDOVER RegD/PLU	The sub-district of Lugershall lost the parishes of Lugershall and North Tidworth to the sub-district of Pewsey	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Apr 1880	was enlarged by gaining part of	ANDOVER RegD/PLU	Parishes of Chute and Chute Forest were transferred to the sub-district of Pewsey	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COLLINGBOURNE	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'.
NETHERAVON	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'.
ALTON PRIORS CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 530.
BURBAGE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 533.
CHARLTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 534.
CHUTE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1879	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
CHUTE FOREST CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1879	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
COLLINGBOURNE DUCIS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
COLLINGBOURNE KINGSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
EASTON ROYAL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
ENFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
EVERLEIGH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
FITTLETON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
HUISH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 541.
LUDGERSHALL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1879	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 543.
MANNINGFORD ABBOTS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MANNINGFORD BOHUNE CP/Tg/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MANNINGFORD BRUCE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MILTON LILBOURNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
NETHERAVON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
NORTH NEWNTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
NORTH TIDWORTH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1879	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 550.
PEWSEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
RUSHALL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 547.
UPAVON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.
WILCOT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
WILSFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
WOODBOROUGH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
WOOTTON RIVERS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Pewsey 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/10139521

Date accessed: 21st June 2025