Lincolnshire RegC through time | Census tables with data for the Poor Law/Registration County

Administrative unit

Lincolnshire RegC

Poor Law/Registration County

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 205,340 in 1801 to 557,485 in 1911.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 4.99 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.75 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 140.12 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 118.23 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:: LINCOLNSHIRE
Unit Type:: Poor Law/Registration County
Date created:: 1851
Date abolished:: 1930
Unit ID:: 10054771
Authorities:: F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 243.

Lincolnshire RegC

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
LINCOLNSHIRE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 999.
LINCOLN	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 243.

Unit associations

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association	Other unit involved	Type of unit	Authority
was succeeded by	LINCOLNSHIRE	Modern (post 1974) County	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
was preceded by	LINCOLNSHIRE	Ancient County	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ENGLAND Dep	Country	1851	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 243.
NORTH MIDLAND	Poor Law/Registration Division			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Registration divisions and Counties - Area, and population at each successive Census'.

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
BELVOIR OUT RELIEF OutRelief	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	28 Dec 1894		Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse
BOSTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.
BOURNE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.
CAISTOR RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Apr 1897	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CAISTOR RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.
DEEPING FEN ElizPLPar	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		1862	Poor Law Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament pre 1871 (HMSO)
GAINSBOROUGH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.
GLANFORD BRIGG RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.
GRANTHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.
GRANTHAM OUT RELIEF OutRelief	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	28 Dec 1894		Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse
GRIMSBY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.
HOLBEACH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 702.
HORNCASTLE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 703.
LINCOLN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 703.
LOUTH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 703.
SLEAFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 703.
SPALDING RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 703.
SPILSBY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 703.
STAMFORD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 703.
BARTON UPON HUMBER USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
BOSTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
BOSTON RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
BOURNE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
BRIGG USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
BROUGHTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
BRUMBY AND FRODINGHAM USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
CAISTOR RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
CLEETHORPE WITH THRUNSCOE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
CLEE WITH WEELSBY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
CROWLE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
GAINSBOROUGH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
GAINSBOROUGH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
GLANFORD BRIGG RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
GRANTHAM USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
GRANTHAM RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
GRIMSBY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
GRIMSBY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
HOLBEACH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
HOLBEACH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
HORNCASTLE RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
HORNCASTLE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
LINCOLN RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
LINCOLN USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
LONG SUTTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.
LOUTH RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
LOUTH USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
MARKET RASEN USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
NEW SLEAFORD USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.
ROXBY CUM RISBY USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
RUSKINGTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
SCUNTHORPE USD	Sanitary District	1890	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
SKEGNESS USD	Sanitary District	1885	1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
SLEAFORD RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 704.
SPALDING RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.
SPALDING USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.
SPILSBY RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.
STAMFORD USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.
STAMFORD RSD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.
SUTTON BRIDGE USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.
WINTERTON USD	Sanitary District		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 705.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lincolnshire 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/10054771

Date accessed: 22nd April 2025