Wandsworth Poor Law Union/Registration District

Created: 1837   Abolished: 1930

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.
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

Frederick Youngs lists Wandsworth and Battersea as being two separate Poor Law Parishes from 1904 onwards. However, the Local Government Board statistical reports continued to list a single unit, which changed its usual name from "Wandsworth and Clapham" to "Wandsworth" in 1904. The Registration District was always called "Wandsworth".

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
WANDSWORTH AND CLAPHAM Official English   1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
WANDSWORTH Preferred English 1904   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'.
WANDSWORTH Alternate English     1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BATTERSEA Registration sub-District   01 Jul 1883 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
BATTERSEA WEST Registration sub-District 01 Jul 1883 01 May 1900 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
CLAPHAM 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'.
EAST BATTERSEA Registration sub-District 01 Jul 1883   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'.
NORTH WEST BATTERSEA Registration sub-District 01 May 1900   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'.
PUTNEY 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'.
SOUTHFIELDS Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1902   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'.
SOUTH WEST BATTERSEA Registration sub-District 01 May 1900   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'.
SPRINGFIELD Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1902   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'.
STREATHAM 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'.
WANDSWORTH Registration sub-District   01 Oct 1902 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BATTERSEA CP/AP Parish-level Unit     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'.
CLAPHAM HOLY TRINITY CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 477.
PUTNEY Ch/CP Parish-level Unit   1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 488.
STREATHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 492.
TOOTING GRAVENEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 493.
WANDSWORTH CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 494.
WANDSWORTH BOROUGH CP Parish-level Unit 1904   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 308.

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'.
LONDON Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
SURREY Poor Law/Registration County   1889 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'.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jan 1904 was reduced to enlarge CROYDON RegD/PLU Part of Wandsworth Borough added to Mitcham CP   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1904 was enlarged by gaining part of CROYDON RegD/PLU Part of Mitcham SD transferred to Wandsworth Borough CP   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10488011

Date accessed: 13th November 2025