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

Administrative unit

Pewsey PLU/RegD

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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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:: Registration District
Poor Law Union
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 PLU/RegD, Wiltshire

Alternative names

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Unit associations

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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.

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 PLU/RegD	Parishes of Chute and Chute Forest were transferred to the sub-district of Pewsey	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Apr 1880	was enlarged by gaining part of	ANDOVER PLU/RegD	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)

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 Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 530.
BURBAGE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 533.
CHARLTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 534.
CHUTE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1879	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
CHUTE FOREST ExP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1879	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
COLLINGBOURNE DUCIS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
COLLINGBOURNE KINGSTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 535.
EASTON ROYAL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
ENFORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
EVERLEIGH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
FITTLETON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 538.
HUISH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 541.
LUDGERSHALL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1879	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 543.
MANNINGFORD ABBOTS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MANNINGFORD BOHUNE Ch/Tg/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MANNINGFORD BRUCE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 544.
MILTON LILBOURNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
NETHERAVON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
NORTH NEWNTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 545.
NORTH TIDWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1879	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 550.
PEWSEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 546.
RUSHALL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 547.
UPAVON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 551.
WILCOT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
WILSFORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 552.
WOODBOROUGH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
WOOTTON RIVERS CP/AP	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 PLU/RegD through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10139521

Date accessed: 05th March 2021