Barton Regis Poor Law Union/Registration District

Created: 09 Apr 1836   Abolished: 1904

Statistics

Population

Population

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

Industry

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

Life & Death

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

Work & Poverty

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

Housing

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

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

Name change originally listed as 1880s, 1881 poor law union listing gives precise date of change, record amended accordingly.

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
CLIFTON Official English   14 Mar 1877 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 608.
BARTON REGIS Preferred English 14 Mar 1877   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 608.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ASHLEY Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CLIFTON Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
STAPLETON Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST GEORGE Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WESTBURY Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1899 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WESTBURY ON TRYM Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899 01 Jan 1905 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WINTERBOURNE Registration sub-District 01 Jan 1899 01 Jan 1905 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BRISTOL ST GEORGE ParPart/CP Parish-level Unit   1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST JAMES AND ST PAUL OUT AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 166.
BRISTOL ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB OUT CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 167.
CLIFTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1836 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 170.
COMPTON GREENFIELD AP/CP Parish-level Unit   1886 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 170.
FILTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1894 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 173.
HENBURY AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 176.
HORFIELD CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 177.
SHIREHAMPTON CP/Ch/Tg Parish-level Unit 1866 1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 185.
STAPLETON CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1898 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 186.
STOKE GIFFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1836 1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 186.
WESTBURY ON TRYM CP/AP Parish-level Unit   1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 189.
WINTERBOURNE CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1836 1904 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 191.

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Poor Law/Registration County 1850   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 608.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Jan 1899 was reduced to enlarge BRISTOL RegD/Inc Clifton,St James and St Paul Out, St Philip and St Jacob Out, part of Shirehampton, Redland (which created North Bristol Civil Parish), Stapleton, St George and part of Horfield were lost to Bristol   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1902 was reduced to enlarge BRISTOL RegD/Inc Shirehampton (part of) and Henbury (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1903 was reduced to enlarge BRISTOL RegD/Inc Shirehampton and Henbury (part of)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1905 was abolished to enlarge BRISTOL RegD/Inc Shirehampton, Westbury on Trym, Henbury (part of) and Horfield transferred as part of the dissolution of Barton Regis   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1905 was reduced to enlarge CHIPPING SODBURY RegD/PLU Filton, Stoke Gifford, and Winterborne transferred as part of the dissolution of Barton Regis   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1905 was reduced to enlarge THORNBURY RegD/PLU Henbury transferred as part of the dissolution of Barton Regis (See also acc nos 24 and 25)   Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary Map of Barton Regis Poor Law Union/Registration District

If the boundaries of the Poor Law Union/Reg. District changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Barton Regis (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10144206

Date accessed: 10th December 2025