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BIRKENHEAD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created
: 2.7.1861 (out of Wirral registration district).
Sub-districts : Birkenhead, Birkenhead North, Birkenhead South, Clatterbridge, Tranmere, Wallasey.
GRO volumes : 8a (1861–1946), 10A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Wirral.

Table 1: List of Places in Birkenhead Registration District

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Bidston cum Ford

Cheshire

1861

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Birkenhead and Wallasey. See also Table 2, note (a).

Birkenhead

Cheshire

1861

1974

See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (e).

Claughton with Grange

Cheshire

1861

1898

Abolished 31.3.1898 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (a).

Liscard

Cheshire

1861

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and incorporated into the parish of Wallasey. See also Table 2, note (a).

Noctorum

Cheshire

1861

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (a).

Oxton

Cheshire

1861

1898

Abolished 31.3.1898 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (a).

Poulton cum Seacombe

Cheshire

1861

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and incorporated into the parish of Wallasey. See also Table 2, note (a).

Tranmere

Cheshire

1861

1898

Abolished 31.3.1898 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (a).

Wallasey

Cheshire

1861

1935

See Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Birkenhead Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

2.7.1861
(created)

(a)

Gained the parishes of Bidston cum Ford, Birkenhead, Claughton with Grange, Liscard, Noctorum, Oxton, Poulton cum Seacombe, Tranmere, and Wallasey, from Wirral registration district.

36212 in 1861

1.4.1898

(b)

Gained parts of the parish of Birkenhead (which until 1.4.1898 formed the parish of Rock Ferry, and part of the parish of Lower Bebington) from Wirral registration district.

2951 in 1891

1.4.1928

(c)

Gained part of the parish of Wallasey (which until 1.4.1928 formed the parish of Moreton) from Wirral registration district.

4029 in 1921

1.1.1936

(d)

Lost the parish of Wallasey to Wallasey registration district.

97626 in 1931

1.4.1937

(e)

Gained parts of the parish of Birkenhead (which until 1.4.1933 formed the parishes of Landican, Prenton, Thingwall, and Woodchurch, and parts of the parishes of Arrowe and Upton by Birkenhead) from Wirral registration district.

5481 in 1931


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