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

Administrative unit

Bridge RegD/PLU

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Population

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Industry

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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 7,735 in 1801 to 11,194 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.23 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 9.17 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 126.81 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 71.02 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:: BRIDGE
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Poor Law Union
Registration District
Date created:: 1837
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10075610
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 635.

Bridge RegD/PLU, Kent

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
KENT	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 635.
KENT	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Dec 1910	was reduced to enlarge	CANTERBURY RegD/Inc	Thanington Within, Holy Cross, Westgate Without	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BARHAM	Registration sub-District			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'.
CHARTHAM	Registration sub-District			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'.
ADISHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 258.
BARHAM CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 259.
BEKESBOURNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 260.
BISHOPSBOURNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 261.
BRIDGE Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 262.
CANTERBURY HOLY CROSS WESTGATE AP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CHARTHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 265.
FORDWICH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 271.
HARBLEDOWN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 274.
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE WITHOUT ParPart/CP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE WITHOUT CP	Parish-level Unit		1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
ICKHAM AND WELL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 276.
KINGSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 277.
LITTLEBOURNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 279.
LOWER HARDRES AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 274.
MILTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 281.
MINT CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 281.
NACKINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 282.
PATRIXBOURNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 283.
PETHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 635.
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1858	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 287.
STODMARSH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 290.
THANINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 292.
THANINGTON WITHIN CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 292.
THANINGTON WITHOUT CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 292.
UPPER HARDRES AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 274.
WALTHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 293.
WICKHAMBREAUX AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 294.
WOMENSWOLD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 295.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bridge 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/10075610

Date accessed: 20th April 2024