Congleton Registration District

CONGLETON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1937 (incorporated into Crewe, Macclesfield and Northwich registration districts).
Sub-districts : Church Hulme, Congleton, Sandbach.
GRO volumes : XIX (1837–51), 8a (1852–1937).
Registers now held by : Cheshire East (Crewe) and Staffordshire (Newcastle).

Table 1: List of Places in Congleton Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alsager	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Arclid	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Betchton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Biddulph	Staffordshire	1837	1893	See Table 2, note (d).
Blackden	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Goostrey.
Bradwall	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Brereton	Cheshire	1936	1937	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Brereton cum Smethwck and Davenport. See also Table 2, note (e).
Brereton cum Smethwick	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Brereton.
Buglawton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Congleton, Eaton, and North Rode. See also Table 2, note (h).
Church Hulme	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Church Lawton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Congleton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
Cotton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Cranage.
Cranage	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (b), (e) and (j).
Davenport	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Brereton.
Elton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Goostrey	Cheshire	1936	1937	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Goostrey cum Barnshaw and Blackden. See also Table 2, note (e).
Goostrey cum Barnshaw	Cheshire	1867	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Goostrey. See also Table 2, note (a).
Hassall	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Hulme Walfield	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Kermincham	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Swettenham.
Leese	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Cranage, Byley, and Lach Dennis. See also Table 2, note (k).
Moreton cum Alcumlow	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Moston	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Tetton.
Newbold Astbury	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Odd Rode	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Radnor	Cheshire	1837	1895	Abolished 1.10.1895 and incorporated into the parish of Somerford.
Sandbach	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Smallwood	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Somerford	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Somerford Booths	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Swettenham	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Tetton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (e) and (l).
Twemlow	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Wheelock	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Sandbach and Haslington. See also Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Congleton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
8.3.1867	(a)	Gained the parish of Goostrey cum Barnshaw from Northwich registration district.	268 in 1861
24.3.1889	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Cranage (which until 24.3.1889 formed a detached part of the parish of Rudheath) from Northwich registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1889	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Twemlow (which until 24.3.1889 formed a detached part of the parish of Rudheath) from Northwich registration district.	0 in 1891
1.10.1893	(d)	Lost the parish of Biddulph to Leek registration district.	5290 in 1891
1.4.1937 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the parishes of Alsager, Arclid, Betchton, Bradwall, Brereton, Church Hulme, Church Lawton, Cranage, Elton, Goostrey, Hassall, Hulme Walfield, Moreton cum Alcumlow, Newbold Astbury, Odd Rode, Sandbach, Smallwood, Somerford, Somerford Booths, Swettenham, Tetton, and Twemlow, to Crewe registration district.	21985 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Wheelock (which became part of the parish of Haslington on 1.4.1936) to Crewe registration district.	262 in 1931
	(g)	Lost the parish of Congleton to Macclesfield registration district.	14546 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Buglawton (which became parts of the parishes of Eaton and North Rode on 1.4.1936) to Macclesfield registration district.	34 in 1931
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Congleton (which became part of the parish of Eaton on 1.4.1936) to Macclesfield registration district.	0 in 1931
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Cranage (which became part of the parish of Lach Dennis on 1.4.1936) to Northwich registration district.	13 in 1931
	(k)	Lost parts of the parish of Leese (which became parts of the parishes of Byley and Lach Dennis on 1.4.1936) to Northwich registration district.	63 in 1931
	(l)	Lost part of the parish of Tetton (which became part of the parish of Middlewich on 1.4.1936) to Northwich registration district.	20 in 1931

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