Woolwich Dockyard Registration Sub-District through time

Woolwich Dockyard Registration Sub-District

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.

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

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WOOLWICH Vest/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GREENWICH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Jul 1868	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WOOLWICH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Jul 1868	01 Apr 1900	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Woolwich Dockyard Registration Sub-District through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10564773

Date accessed: 13th January 2026