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

Administrative unit

Pershore RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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 9,753 in 1801 to 13,111 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.63 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.47 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 126.21 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1881, and the lowest was 67.38 in 1911.
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:: PERSHORE
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10187692
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.

Pershore RegD/PLU, Worcestershire

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
WORCESTERSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 761.
WORCESTERSHIRE	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
ECKINGTON	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'.
PERSHORE	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'.
UPTON SNODSBURY	Registration sub-District	01 Jun 1885	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ABBERTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 471.
BESFORD Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 473.
BIRLINGHAM AP/Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 473.
BISHAMPTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 473.
BREDICOT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 473.
BRICKLEHAMPTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 473.
BROUGHTON HACKETT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 474.
CHARLTON CP/Hmlt	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 474.
CHURCHILL Ch/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
CROPTHORNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 476.
DEFFORD CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 476.
DORMSTON Ch/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 476.
ECKINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 477.
ELMLEY CASTLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 478.
FLADBURY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 478.
FLYFORD FLAVELL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 478.
GRAFTON FLYFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 478.
GREAT COMBERTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
HILL AND MOOR Hmlt/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 480.
KINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 482.
LITTLE COMBERTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 475.
NAUNTON BEAUCHAMP CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
NETHERTON Hmlt/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
NORTH PIDDLE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 486.
NORTON JUXTA KEMPSEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
PEOPLETON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 486.
PERSHORE HOLY CROSS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 486.
PERSHORE ST ANDREW CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 486.
PINVIN CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 486.
PIRTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 486.
SPETCHLEY Ch/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 488.
STOULTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 489.
STRENSHAM AP/Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 489.
THROCKMORTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 490.
UPTON SNODBURY CP/AP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 490.
WHITE LADIES ASTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 491.
WHITTINGTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 491.
WICK CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 491.
WYRE PIDDLE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 493.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Pershore 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/10187692

Date accessed: 25th June 2025