Kensington Poor Law Union/Registration District

Abolished: 01 Jan 1885

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.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Birthplace & Religion

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

This Registration District originally covered the areas of Kensington, Paddington and Fulham parishes, each of which was also a Poor Law Union or Parish. In 1875 Fulham, with Hammersmith, became a separate Registration District, and in 1885 Kensington and Paddington became Registration DistrictRegistration Districts in their own rights.

We know of no alternate names.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
FULHAM Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1875 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
KENSINGTON SOUTH Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1885 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'.
KENSINGTON TOWN Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1885 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'.
ST JOHN PADDINGTON Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1885 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST MARY PADDINGTON Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1885 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST PAUL HAMMERSMITH Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1875 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PETER HAMMERSMITH Registration sub-District   01 Apr 1875 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
FULHAM Vest/AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Apr 1875 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HAMMERSMITH Vest/Ch/CP Parish-level Unit 1837 1845 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
KENSINGTON Vest/AP/CP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1885 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 331.
PADDINGTON Vest/CP/AP Parish-level Unit   01 Jan 1885 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

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     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   1885 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 Apr 1875 was reduced to create FULHAM RegD/PLU Fulham, St. Paul Hammersmith, and St. Peter Hammersmith became part of the new RD of Fulham   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
14 Jun 1883 was reduced to enlarge HENDON PLU/RegD Part of St. Mary Paddington parish transferred to parish of Willesdon   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10477013

Date accessed: 12th November 2025