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Preferred Name:
LEWES
Unit Type:
Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:
Poor Law Union
Registration District (after October 01st, 1901)
Date created:
1837
Date abolished:
1930
Unit ID:
10063218
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
EAST SUSSEX Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
SUSSEX Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CHAILEY Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1901   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
DITCHLING Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1901 01 Dec 1904 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
LEWES Registration sub-District 01 Oct 1901   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'.
BARCOMBE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
BEDDINGHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
CHAILEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
DITCHLING AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 508.
EAST CHILTINGTON Ch/Hmlt/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
FIRLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
GLYNDE AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
HAMSEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 511.
LEWES CP Parish-level Unit 1913   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES ALL SAINTS CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES ST ANN CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES ST ANN WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES ST JOHN THE BAPTIST SOUTHOVER CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES ST JOHN UNDER THE CASTLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES ST JOHN WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES ST MICHAEL CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES ST THOMAS A BECKET CLIFFE CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LEWES THE CASTLE PRECINCTS CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
NEWICK AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 518.
PLUMPTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
RINGMER AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 520.
SOUTH MALLING CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1913 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 517.
SOUTH MALLING WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit 1894   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 517.
SOUTHOVER WITHOUT CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1934 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 522.
STREAT AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
WESTMESTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.
WIVELSFIELD CP/AP/Ch Parish-level Unit 1898 1930 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.
How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lewes RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10063218

Date accessed: 27th April 2024