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

Administrative unit

Cockermouth RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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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 24,093 in 1801 to 68,347 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.67 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 4.92 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 144.15 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 109. in 1911.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Preferred Name:: COCKERMOUTH
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10210550
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 649.

Cockermouth RegD/PLU, Cumberland

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
CUMBERLAND	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 649.
CUMBERLAND	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	Start	End	Authority
COCKERMOUTH	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'.
KESWICK	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'.
MARYPORT	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'.
WORKINGTON	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'.
ABOVE DERWENT CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	soon after 1838	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 46.
BASSENTHWAITE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 47.
BEWALDETH AND SNITTLEGARTH CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 47.
BLINDBOTHEL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 48.
BLINDCRAKE ISEL AND REDMAINE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 48.
BORROWDALE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 48.
BOTHEL AND THREAPLAND CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 48.
BRACKENTHWAITE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 48.
BRIDEKIRK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 48.
BRIERY COTTAGES CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 48.
BRIGHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 48.
BROUGHTON CP	Parish-level Unit	1898		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 49.
BROUGHTON MOOR CP	Parish-level Unit	1898		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 49.
BUTTERMERE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 49.
CAMERTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 49.
CASTLERIGG ST JOHNS AND WYTHBURN Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1838	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
CLOFFOCKS CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
COCKERMOUTH Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
CROSSCANONBY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1838	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 51.
DEAN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 51.
DEARHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 51.
DOVENBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 52.
EAGLESFIELD CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 52.
ELLENBOROUGH AND EWANRIGG CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 52.
EMBLETON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 52.
FLIMBY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 52.
GILCRUX AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 52.
GREAT BROUGHTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 49.
GREAT CLIFTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
GREYSOUTHEN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 53.
ISEL OLD PARK CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 54.
KESWICK CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 54.
LITTLE BROUGHTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 49.
LITTLE CLIFTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 50.
LORTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 55.
LOWESWATER Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 56.
MARYPORT PA/CP	Parish-level Unit	1928		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 56.
MOSSER CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 56.
NETHERHALL CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 57.
OUGHTERSIDE AND ALLERBY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 57.
PAPCASTLE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 57.
PLUMBLAND AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 57.
RIBTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 58.
SEATON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 59.
SETMURTHY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 59.
SKIDDAW CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1862	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 59.
STAINBURN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 59.
SUNDERLAND CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 59.
TALLENTIRE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 59.
UNDERSKIDDAW Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 60.
WHINFELL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.
WINSCALES CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.
WORKINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.
WORKINGTON RURAL CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1934	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.
WYTHOP CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 61.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cockermouth 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/10210550

Date accessed: 20th April 2025