Northumberland Central Registration District

NORTHUMBERLAND CENTRAL REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Northumberland.
Created : 1.1.1937 (out of Morpeth, Northumberland South, Castle Ward, and Alnwick registration districts).
Sub-districts : Ashington, Blyth, Castle Ward, Morpeth
GRO volumes : 10b (1937–46), 1B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Northumberland (Morpeth).

Table 1: List of Places in Northumberland Central Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ashington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Bedlington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Belsay	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Benridge	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Hebron. See also Table 2, note (c).
Berwick Hill	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Bigges Quarter	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Longhorsley. See also Table 2, note (c).
Bitchfield	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Black Callerton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Woolsington. See also Table 2, note (b).
Black Heddon	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Blyth	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Bockenfield	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Thirston. See also Table 2, note (c).
Bolam	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Bolam Vicarage	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Bradford	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Brenkley	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Dinnington and Brunswick. See also Table 2, note (b).
Brunswick	Northumberland	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Mason, Brenkley, Dinnington, and Stannington
Bullocks Hall	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of West Chevington. See also Table 2, note (c).
Cambo	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Wallington Demesne. See also Table 2, note (c).
Capheaton	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Causey Park	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Tritlington. See also Table 2, note (c).
Cheeseburn Grange	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Stamfordham. See also Table 2, note (b).
Cockle Park	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Hebron. See also Table 2, note (c).
Coldcoats	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Corridge	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Wallington Demesne. See also Table 2, note (c).
Cresswell	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Dalton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Stamfordham. See also Table 2, note (b).
Darras Hall	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Deanham	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Wallington Demesne. See also Table 2, note (c).
Dinnington	Northumberland	1937	1955	See Table 2, notes (b), (e) and (f).
Eachwick	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Stamfordham. See also Table 2, note (b).
Earsdon	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Tritlington. See also Table 2, note (c).
Earsdon Forest	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Tritlington. See also Table 2, note (c).
East Chevington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
East Heddon	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Heddon on the Wall. See also Table 2, note (b).
East Matfen	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Matfen. See also Table 2, note (b).
East Shaftoe	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Capheaton. See also Table 2, note (b).
East Thornton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Hartburn. See also Table 2, note (c).
Edington	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Mitford. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ellington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Eshott	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Thirston. See also Table 2, note (c).
Fenrother	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Tritlington. See also Table 2, note (c).
Fenwick	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Matfen. See also Table 2, note (b).
Freeholders Quarter	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Longhorsley. See also Table 2, note (c).
Gallowhill	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Hadstone	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of East Chevington. See also Table 2, note (c).
Harlow Hill	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Stamfordham. See also Table 2, note (b).
Harnham	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Hartburn	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Hartburn Grange	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Wallington Demesne. See also Table 2, note (c).
Hawkwell	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Stamfordham. See also Table 2, note (b).
Hebron	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Heddon on the Wall	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Hepscott	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Heugh	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Stamfordham. See also Table 2, note (b).
High & Low Highlaws	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Hebron. See also Table 2, note (c).
High Angerton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Hartburn. See also Table 2, note (c).
High Callerton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Higham Dykes	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Highlaws	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Wallington Demesne. See also Table 2, note (c).
Horton Grange	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parishes of Stannington and Dinnington. See also Table 2, note (b).
Houghton & Close House	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Heddon on the Wall. See also Table 2, note (b).
Ingoe	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parishes of Matfen and Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Kearsley	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Matfen. See also Table 2, note (b).
Kirkheaton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Capheaton. See also Table 2, note (b).
Kirkley	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Little Callerton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Longhirst	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Longhorsley	Northumberland	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Bigges Quarter, Riddells Quarter, and Freeholders Quarter
Longshaws	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Meldon. See also Table 2, note (c).
Longwitton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Netherwitton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Low Angerton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Hartburn. See also Table 2, note (c).
Lynmouth	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Mason	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parishes of Dinnington and Brunswick. See also Table 2, note (b).
Matfen	Northumberland	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Ryal, East Matfen, Ingoe, West Matfen, Fenwick, and Kearsley.
Meldon	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Milbourne	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Milbourne Grange	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Mitford	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Molesden	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Meldon. See also Table 2, note (c).
Morpeth	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Nesbitt	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Stamfordham. See also Table 2, note (b).
Netherwitton	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Newbiggin by the Sea	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Newham	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Newton Park	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Meldon. See also Table 2, note (c).
Newton Underwood	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Meldon. See also Table 2, note (c).
North Dissington	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
North Middleton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Wallington Demesne. See also Table 2, note (c).
Nunriding	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Meldon. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ogle	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Whalton. See also Table 2, note (b).
Old Moor	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Longhirst. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ouston	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Stamfordham. See also Table 2, note (b).
Pegswood	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Pigdon	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Meldon. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ponteland	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Prestwick	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
Riddells Quarter	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Longhorsley. See also Table 2, note (c).
Riplington	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Whalton. See also Table 2, note (b).
Rivergreen	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Meldon. See also Table 2, note (c).
Rudchester	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Heddon on the Wall. See also Table 2, note (b).
Ryal	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Matfen. See also Table 2, note (b).
Shilvington	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Whalton
Shortflatt	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
South Dissington	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ponteland. See also Table 2, note (b).
South Middleton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Wallington Demesne. See also Table 2, note (c).
Spital Hill	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Mitford. See also Table 2, note (c).
Stamfordham	Northumberland	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Heugh, Dalton, Harlow Hill, Eachwick, Nesbitt, Cheesebun Grange, Hawkwell, and Ouston.
Stannington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Stanton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Netherwitton
Thirston	Northumberland	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Bockenfield, Thirston with Shothaugh, and Eshott.
Thirston with Shothaugh	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Thirston. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Throphill	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Meldon. See also Table 2, note (c).
Todridge	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Wallington Demesne. See also Table 2, note (c).
Tranwell	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Mitford. See also Table 2, note (c).
Trewick	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
Tritlington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Twizell	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Whalton. See also Table 2, note (b).
Ulgham	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Wallington Demesne	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Wallridge	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Belsay. See also Table 2, note (b).
West Chevington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
West Heddon	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Heddon on the Wall. See also Table 2, note (b).
West Matfen	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Matfen. See also Table 2, note (b).
West Shaftoe	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Capheaton. See also Table 2, note (b).
West Thornton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Hartburn. See also Table 2, note (c).
Whalton	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Whitchester	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Heddon on the Wall. See also Table 2, note (b).
Whitridge	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Netherwitton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Whorlton	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Woolsington. See also Table 2, note (b).
Widdrington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Witton Shields	Northumberland	1937	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Netherwitton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Woodhorn Demesne	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Woolsington	Northumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Northumberland Central Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1937 (created)	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Thirston with Shothaugh (which until 1.4.1935 formed parts of the parishes of Elyhaugh and Felton) from Alnwick registration district.	9 in 1931
	(b)	Gained the parishes of Belsay, Berwick Hill, Bitchfield, Black Callerton, Black Heddon, Bolam, Bolam Vicarage, Bradford, Brenkley, Capheaton, Cheescburn Grange, Coldcoats, Dalton, Darras Hall, Dinnington, Eachwick, East Heddon, East Matfen, East Shaftoe, Fenwick, Gallowhill, Harlow Hill, Harnham, Hawkwell, Heddon on the Wall, Heugh, High Callerton, Higham Dykes, Horton Grange, Houghton & Close House, Ingoe, Kearsley, Kirkheaton, Kirkley, Little Callerton, Mason, Milbourne, Milbourne Grange, Nesbitt, Newham, North Dissington, Ogle, Ouston, Ponteland, Prestwick, Riplington, Rudchester, Ryal, Shilvington, Shortflatt, South Dissington, Stannington, Trewick, Twizell, Wallridge, West Heddon, West Matfen, West Shaftoe, Whalton, Whitchester, Whorlton, and Woolsington, from Castle Ward registration district.	11921 in 1931
	(c)	Gained the parishes of Ashington, Bedlington, Benridge, Bigges Quarter, Bockenfield, Bullocks Hall, Cambo, Causey Park, Cockle Park, Corridge, Cresswell, Deanham, Earsdon, Earsdon Forest, East Chevington, East Thornton, Edington, Ellington, Eshott, Fenrother, Freeholders' Quarter, Hadstone, Hartburn, Hartburn Grange, Hebron, Hepscott, High & Low Highlaws, High Angerton, Highlaws, Longhirst, Longshaws, Longwitton, Low Angerton, Lynmouth, Meldon, Mitford, Molesdon, Morpeth, Netherwitton, Newbiggin by the Sea, Newton Park, Newton Underwood, North Middleton, Nunriding, Old Moor, Pegswood, Pigdon, Riddells Quarter, Rivergreen, South Middleton, Spital Hill, Stanton, Thirston with Shothaugh, Throphill, Todridge, Tranwell, Tritlington, Ulgham, Wallington Demesne, West Chevington, West Thornton, Whitridge, Widdrington, Witton Shields, and Woodhorn Demesne, from Morpeth registration district.	90099 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parish of Blyth from Northumberland South registration district.	32026 in 1931
1.4.1955	(e)	Lost the parish of Dinnington to Northumberland South registration district.
1.4.1955	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Dinnington (which became part of the parish of Hazlerigg on 1.4.1955) to Northumberland South registration district.
1.4.1969	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Stannington (which became part of the parish of Seaton Valley on 1.4.1969) to Northumberland South registration district.

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