Whitechapel Poor Law Union/Registration District

Abolished: 1925

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

We know of no alternate names.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ALDGATE Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1892 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ARTILLERY Registration sub-District   15 Feb 1875 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
GOODMANS FIELDS Registration sub-District   01 Dec 1910 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
MILE END NEW TOWN Registration sub-District   01 Dec 1910 Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
SPITALFIELDS 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'.
WHITECHAPEL Registration sub-District 01 Dec 1910   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'.
WHITECHAPEL CHURCH Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1899 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
WHITECHAPEL NORTH Registration sub-District   01 Jan 1884 Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
HOLY TRINITY MINORIES CP/ExP Parish-level Unit   1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 329.
MILE END NEW TOWN CP/Hmlt Parish-level Unit   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 334.
NORTON FOLGATE CP/ExP/ParLib Parish-level Unit   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.
OLD ARTILLERY GROUND CP/ParLib Parish-level Unit   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 336.
OLD TOWER WITHOUT CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 347.
SPITALFIELDS CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 344.
ST BOTOLPH WITHOUT ALDGATE ParPart/CP Parish-level Unit   1921 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 339.
ST KATHERINE BY THE TOWER CP/ExP Parish-level Unit   1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 341.
TOWER OF LONDON CP/ExP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 347.
WHITECHAPEL CP Parish-level Unit   1925 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 349.

We know of no associations with other units.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
LONDON Poor Law/Registration County 01 Apr 1857   1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
LONDON Administrative County     Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
MIDDLESEX Poor Law/Registration County   1889 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 1925 was abolished to create STEPNEY PLU/PLPar   Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary Map of Whitechapel 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, Whitechapel (Poor Law Union/Registration District) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10174661

Date accessed: 14th November 2025