Registration Districts/Poor Law Unions

in Cheshire and South Lancashire in 1861

Registration Districts

In 1861 there were ten registration districts in Cheshire Registration County and ten in South Lancashire. The table below shows their populations.

Cheshire

      Districts           Popul'n     Males    Females

452.0 Stockport             94360     44095     50265
453.0 Macclesfield          61543     29216     32327
454.0 Altringham            40517     19559     20958
455.0 Runcorn               26792     13864     12928
456.0 Northwich             33338     16697     16641
457.0 Congleton             34328     16903     17425
458.0 Nantwich              40955     20636     20319
459.0 Great Broughton       58501     28540     29961
460.1 Wirral                18420      8819      9601
460.2 Birkenhead            61420     29817     31603


Lancashire

      Districts           Popul'n     Males    Females

461.0 Liverpool            269742    132842    136900
462.0 West Derby           225845    106131    119714
463.0 Prescot               73127     36951     36176
465.0 Wigan                 94561     47705     46856
466.0 Warrington            43875     22035     21840
467.0 Leigh                 37700     18060     19640
471.0 Chorlton             169579     80320     89259
472.0 Salford              105335     49587     55748
473.0 Manchester           243988    115658    128330
474.0 Ashton-under-Lyne    134753     63289     71464

Click here for a list of parishes, townships, etc. in each registration district.

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