Hemsworth RegD/PLU through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law Union/Reg. District

Administrative unit

Hemsworth RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

Historical statistics
Key findings
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Population

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

Industry

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

Life & Death

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

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?

Housing

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

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 6,198 in 1801 to 40,103 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 6.17 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 2.61 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 180.16 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 122.16 in 1881.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Preferred Name:: HEMSWORTH
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1850
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10005401
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 776.

Hemsworth RegD/PLU, Yorkshire

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
WEST RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 776.
WEST RIDING	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

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
HEMSWORTH	Registration sub-District		01 Mar 1906	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HEMSWORTH EASTERN	Registration sub-District	01 Mar 1906		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'.
HEMSWORTH WESTERN	Registration sub-District	01 Mar 1906		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'.
ACKWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 502.
BADSWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 509.
BRIERLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 521.
GREAT HOUGHTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 562.
HAMPHALL STUBBS CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	soon after 1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 553.
HAVERCROFT WITH COLD HIENDLEY CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 555.
HEMSWORTH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 557.
HESSLE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1850	1888	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 558.
HESSLE AND HILL TOP CP	Parish-level Unit	1888	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 558.
HILL TOP CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1850	1888	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 559.
HUNTWICK WITH FOULBY AND NOSTELL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	soon after 1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 564.
KIRK SMEATON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 609.
LITTLE HOUGHTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 562.
LITTLE SMEATON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 609.
NORTH ELMSALL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 540.
RYHILL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 599.
SHAFTON Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 604.
SKELBROOKE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 607.
SOUTH ELMSALL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 541.
SOUTH HIENDLEY Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 559.
SOUTH KIRKBY CP/Tn/AP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 569.
THORPE AUDLIN Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 618.
UPTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 621.
WALDEN STUBBS Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 622.
WEST HARDWICK Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit	1850	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 553.
WINTERSETT Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 628.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Hemsworth 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/10005401

Date accessed: 28th April 2024