St James Clerkenwell (Registration Sub-District) through time

St James Clerkenwell 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.

Alternative names

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
ST JAMES CLERKENWELL	Preferred	English		01 Dec 1901	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JAMES	Alternate	English			1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts'.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CLERKENWELL Vest/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			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'.

Other related units

We know of no associations with other units.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CLERKENWELL PLPar/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		02 Aug 1869	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HOLBORN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	02 Aug 1869	01 Dec 1901	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundaries and changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St James Clerkenwell (Registration Sub-District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10565005

Date accessed: 10th December 2025