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

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Atcham PLU/RegD

Poor Law Union/Reg. District

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Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 15,277 in 1801 to 51,249 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.54 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.24 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 128.16 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 88.32 in 1881.
Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Preferred Name:: ATCHAM
Unit Type:: Poor Law Union/Reg. District
Status:: Registration District
Poor Law Union
Date created:: 1836
Date abolished:
Unit ID:: 10005589
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.

Atcham PLU/RegD, Shropshire

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
SHROPSHIRE	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Oct 1871	was enlarged by the abolition of	SHREWSBURY PLU/Inc/RegD	The entire district of Shrewsbury was incorporated into the district of Atcham. No alterations were made to the sub-districts that were transferred	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ALBERBURY	Registration sub-District		01 Oct 1895	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ATCHAM	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1887	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BATTLEFIELD	Registration sub-District		01 Sep 1894	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CONDOVER	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'.
MONTFORD	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1903	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PONTESBURY	Registration sub-District		01 Sep 1904	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST CHAD	Registration sub-District	01 Oct 1871		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'.
ST MARY	Registration sub-District	01 Oct 1871		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'.
WESTBURY	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'.
ACTON BURNELL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 379.
ALBERBURY LOWER QUARTER Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit		1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 379.
ALBERBURY WITH CARDESTON CP	Parish-level Unit	1886		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 379.
ALBRIGHTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 379.
ASTLEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 380.
ATCHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 380.
BATTLEFIELD AP/CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 380.
BAUSLEY AP/CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			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'.
BERRINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 380.
BICTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 381.
CARDESTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1886	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 382.
CHURCH PREEN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 391.
CHURCH PULVERBACH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 392.
CONDOVER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 384.
COUND CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 384.
CRESSAGE CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 384.
CRUGION Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			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'.
EATON CONSTANTINE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 385.
FITZ CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 386.
FORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 386.
FRODESLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 386.
GREAT HANWOOD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 386.
HABBERLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 386.
HARLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 386.
HAUGHTON DEMESNE ExP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 386.
HUGHLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 387.
KENLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 387.
LEIGHTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 388.
MELVERLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 389.
MEOLE BRACE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1871		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 389.
MINSTERLEY Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 389.
MONTFORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 390.
PITCHFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 391.
PONTESBURY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 391.
PRESTON GUBBALS Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 392.
RUCKLEY AND LANGLEY CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 392.
SHEINTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHRAWARDINE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHREWSBURY CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHREWSBURY HOLY CROSS WITH ST GILES CP	Parish-level Unit	1871		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHREWSBURY ST ALKMUND CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1871	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
SHREWSBURY ST CHAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1871	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST JULIAN Ch/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1871		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST MARY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1871		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
STAPLETON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 395.
SUTTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 395.
UFFINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.
UNNAMED CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.
UNNAMED CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.
UPPINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.
UPTON MAGNA AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.
WESTBURY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 397.
WITHINGTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 398.
WOLLASTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 398.
WROXETER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 398.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10005589

Date accessed: 22nd May 2022