Westminster Poor Law Union/Registration District

Created: 1868   Abolished: 1913

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.
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
BERWICK STREET Registration sub-District 1868 01 Apr 1884 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
GOLDEN SQUARE Registration sub-District 1868 01 Apr 1884 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST ANNE SOHO Registration sub-District 01 Jul 1868 01 Feb 1906 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JAMES AND ST ANNE Registration sub-District 01 Feb 1906   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'.
ST JAMESS SQUARE Registration sub-District 1868 01 Apr 1876 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST JAMES WESTMINSTER Registration sub-District 01 Apr 1884 01 Feb 1906 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST ANNE WITHIN THE LIBERTY OF WESTMINSTER CP Parish-level Unit 1868 1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 339.
WESTMINSTER ST JAMES Vest/CP Parish-level Unit 1868 1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 348.

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
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'.
MIDDLESEX Poor Law/Registration County   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jul 1868 was enlarged by gaining part of STRAND RegD/PLU St. Anne Soho   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Westminster 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, Westminster (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10216102

Date accessed: 12th November 2025