Chesterfield Registration District

CHESTERFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Derbyshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Ashover, Blackwell, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Clowne, Dronfield, Eckington, Shirebrook.
GRO volumes : XIX (1837–51), 7b (1852–1946), 3A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Chesterfield.

Table 1: List of Places in Chesterfield Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alfreton	Derbyshire	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Ashover	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Ault Hucknall	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Barlborough	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Barlow	Derbyshire	1871	1974	Created 2.5.1871 from the parishes of Great Barlow and Little Barlow.
Beighton	Derbyshire	1895	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parishes of Sheffield, Eckington, Aston cum Aughton, Wales, and Killamarsh. See also Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (i).
Blackwell	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Bolsover	Derbyshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Brackenfield	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Brampton	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Brimington	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Calow	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Chesterfield	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Clay Cross	Derbyshire	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Clay Lane, Egsow, Woodthorpe, Stretton, Tupton, and Pilsley.
Clay Lane	Derbyshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Clay Cross.
Clowne	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Coal Aston	Derbyshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Dronfield and Eckington.
Dronfield	Derbyshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Dronfield Woodhouse	Derbyshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Dronfield. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Dronfield and Holmesfield.
Eckington	Derbyshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Egstow	Derbyshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the parts of the parishes of Woodthorpe and Pilsley in Clay Cross Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Clay Cross.
Elmton	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Glapwell	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Great Barlow	Derbyshire	1837	1871	Abolished 2.5.1871 and incorporated into the parish of Barlow.
Hasland	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Heath	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Holmesfield	Derbyshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (d), (h) and (i).
Killamarsh	Derbyshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Little Barlow	Derbyshire	1837	1871	Abolished 2.5.1871 and incorporated into the parish of Barlow.
Morton	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Newbold & Dunston	Derbyshire	1837	1920	Abolished 9.11.1920 and incorporated into the parishes of Chesterfield and Brampton.
North Wingfield	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Pilsley	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Pinxton	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Pleasley	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Scarcliffe	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Shirebrook	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Shirland & Higham	Derbyshire	1837	1974
South Normanton	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
South Wingfield	Derbyshire	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Staveley	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Stretton	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Sutton cum Duckmanton	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Tapton	Derbyshire	1837	1920	Abolished 9.11.1920 and incorporated into the parish of Chesterfield.
Temple Normanton	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Tibshelf	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Tupton	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Unstone	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Walton	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Wessington	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Whittington	Derbyshire	1837	1920	Abolished 9.11.1920 and incorporated into the parish of Chesterfield.
Whitwell	Derbyshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Wingerworth	Derbyshire	1837	1974
Woodthorpe	Derbyshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Clay Cross, Wingerworth, and Tupton.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Chesterfield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1885	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Bolsover (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Clowne) from Worksop registration district.	0 in 1891
1.7.1895	(b)	Gained the parish of Beighton from Rotherham registration district.	2852 in 1891
1.4.1935	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Eckington (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Norton, and from 1.4.1933 until 1.4.1935 part of the parish of Coal Aston) from Sheffield registration district.	86 in 1931
1.4.1935	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Homesfield (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Totley) from Sheffield registration district.	0 in 1931
1.1.1937	(e)	Gained the parishes of Ault Hucknall, Blackwell, Glapwell, Pinxton, Pleasley, Scarcliffe, Shirebrook, South Normanton, and Tibshelf, from Mansfield registration district.	42686 in 1931
1.1.1937	(f)	Gained the parishes of Barlborough, Clowne, Elmton, and Whitwell, from Worksop registration district.	17720 in 1931
1.4.1967	(g)	Lost parts of the parish of Beighton (which became parts of the parishes of Aston cum Aughton and Wales on 1.4.1967) to Rother Valley registration district.
	(h)	Gained parts of the parishes of Dronfield and Holmesfield (which until 1.4.1967 formed parts of the parish of Sheffield) from Sheffield registration district.
	(i)	Lost parts of the parishes of Beighton, Dronfield, Eckington, Holmesfield, and Killamarsh (which became parts of the parish of Sheffield on 1.4.1967) to Sheffield registration district.
1.4.1968	(j)	Gained the parishes of Alfreton and South Wingfield from Belper registration district.

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