Kidderminster Registration District

KIDDERMINSTER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Worcestershire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Bewdley, Chaddesley Corbett, Kidderminster, Lower Mitton, Wolverley.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6c (1852–1946), 9D (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Worcestershire.

Table 1: List of Places in Kidderminster Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bewdley	Worcestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Broom	Staffordshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Staffordshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1953 and incorporated into the parish of Broome.
Broom	Worcestershire	1844	1953
Broome	Worcestershire	1953	1974	Created 1.4.1953 out of the parishes of Broom and Chaddesley Corbett.
Chaddesley Corbett	Worcestershire	1837	1974
Churchill	Worcestershire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Churchill & Blakedown.
Churchill & Blakedown	Worcestershire	1933	1974	Created 1.4.1933 out of the parishes of Hagley, Churchill, and Kidderminster Foreign. See also Table 2, note (c).
Dowles	Shropshire	1837	1895	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Bewdley, Upper Arley, and Kidderminster Foreign.
Dowles	Worcestershire	1895	1933
Kidderminster Borough	Worcestershire	1837	1974
Kidderminster Foreign	Worcestershire	1837	1974
Lower Mitton	Worcestershire	1837	1928	Abolished 1.4.1928 and incorporated into the parish of Stourport. See also Table 2, note (b).
Ribbesford	Worcestershire	1837	1974
Rock	Worcestershire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Rushock	Worcestershire	1837	1974
Stone	Worcestershire	1837	1974
Stourport	Worcestershire	1928	1974	Created 1.4.1928 from the parishes of Lower Mitton and Upper Mitton. See also Table 2, notes (e), (f) and (g).
Upper Arley	Staffordshire	1837	1895
Upper Arley	Worcestershire	1895	1974
Wolverley	Worcestershire	1837	1974
Wribbenhall	Worcestershire	1901	1974	Created 1.4.1901 out of the parish of Kidderminster Foreign.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Kidderminster Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
17.12.1881	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Bewdley, including Wyre Forest (which became part of the parish of Rock on 17.12.1881) to Cleobury Mortimer registration district.	171 in 1881
1.3.1921	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Lower Mitton (which until 1.10.1920 formed part of the parish of Hartlebury) from Droitwich registration district.	360 in 1911
1.7.1934	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Churchill & Blakedown (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Hagley) from Bromsgrove registration district.	575 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parish of Rock from Cleobury Mortimer registration district.	1578 in 1931
	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Stourport (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Hartlebury) from Droitwich registration district.	536 in 1931
	(f)	Gained parts of the parish of Stourport (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Areley Kings and Astley) from Worcester registration district.	835 in 1931
1.4.1953	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Stourport (which until 1.4.1953 formed part of the parish of Astley) from Martley registration district.

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