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Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.
We know of no alternate names.
This unit was associated with the following other units:
Nature of association | Other unit involved | Type of unit | Authority |
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was preceded by | WILTSHIRE | Ancient County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702. |
was succeeded by | WILTSHIRE | Modern (post 1974) County | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) |
was succeeded by | WILTSHIRE | Administrative County | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. |
This unit was part of the following units:
Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
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ENGLAND Dep | Country | 1851 | 1930 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 527. |
SOUTH WESTERN | Poor Law/Registration Division | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'. |
We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.
This unit contained the following units:
Name | Type | Start | End | Authority |
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AMESBURY RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702. | |
BRADFORD ON AVON RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702. | |
CALNE RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702. | |
CHIPPENHAM RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702. | |
CRICKLADE AND WOOTTON BASSETT RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
DEVIZES RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
MALMESBURY RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
MARLBOROUGH RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
MERE RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
PEWSEY RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
SALISBURY RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 702. | |
SALISBURY RegD/Inc | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 21 May 1869 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
SAVERNAKE AND C ElizPLPar | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1862 | Poor Law Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament pre 1871 (HMSO) | |
SWINDON AND HIGHWORTH RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
TISBURY RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
TROWBRIDGE AND MELKSHAM RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
WARMINSTER RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
WESTBURY AND WHORWELLSDOWN RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
WILTON RegD/PLU | Poor Law Union/Reg. District | 1850 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 703. | |
ALDERBURY RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
AMESBURY RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
BRADFORD RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
BRADFORD ON AVON USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
CALNE USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
CALNE RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
CHIPPENHAM USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
CHIPPENHAM RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
CRICKLADE AND WOOTON BASSETT RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
DEVIZES USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
DEVIZES RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
HIGHWORTH AND SWINDON RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
MALMESBURY USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
MALMESBURY RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
MARLBOROUGH RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
MARLBOROUGH USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
MELKSHAM RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
MELKSHAM USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
MERE RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
OLD SWINDON USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
PEWSEY RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 528. | |
SALISBURY USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 704. | |
SWINDON NEW TOWN USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. | |
TISBURY RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. | |
TROWBRIDGE USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. | |
WARMINSTER RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. | |
WARMINSTER USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. | |
WESTBURY AND WHORWELLSDOWN RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. | |
WILTON RSD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. | |
WILTON USD | Sanitary District | 1894 | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 705. |
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wiltshire RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10024924
Date accessed: 08th February 2025