Penzance Registration District

PENZANCE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cornwall.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Hayle, Merazion, Penzance, St. Buryan, St. Just in Penwith, St. Ives, Uny Lelant.
GRO volumes : IX (1837–51), 5c (1852–1946), 7A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Cornwall

Table 1: List of Places in Penzance Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Gulval	Cornwall	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of Penzance, Madron, and Ludgvan.
Gwinear Gwithian	Cornwall	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Hayle	Cornwall	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 by renaming the parish of St. Erth Urban. See also Table 2, note (b).
Ludgvan	Cornwall	1837	1974
Madron	Cornwall	1837	1974
Madron in Penzance	Cornwall	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Madron in Penzance Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Penzance.
Marazion	Cornwall	1837	1974
Morvah	Cornwall	1837	1974
Paul	Cornwall	1837	1974
Penzance	Cornwall	1837	1974
Penzance in Madron	Cornwall	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Penzance in Madron Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Penzance.
Perranuthnoe	Cornwall	1837	1974
Sancreed	Cornwall	1837	1974
Sennen	Cornwall	1837	1974
St. Buryan	Cornwall	1837	1974
St. Erth	Cornwall	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of St. Erth Urban and St. Erth Rural.
St. Erth	Cornwall	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 by renaming the parish of St. Erth Rural.
St. Erth Rural	Cornwall	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Erth. Abolished 1.4.1934 and renamed St. Erth.
St. Erth Urban	Cornwall	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of St. Erth in Hayle Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1934 and renamed Hayle.
St. Hilary	Cornwall	1837	1974
St. Ives	Cornwall	1837	1974
St. Just	Cornwall	1837	1974
St. Levan	Cornwall	1837	1974
St. Michaels Mount	Cornwall	1837	1974
Towednack	Cornwall	1837	1974
Uny Lelant	Cornwall	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of St. Ives and Ludgvan.
Zennor	Cornwall	1837	1974

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Penzance Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1936	(a)	Gained the parish of Gwinear Gwithian from Redruth registration district.	1868 in 1931
1.7.1936	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Hayle (which until 1.10.1935 formed the parishes of East Phillack and West Phillack) from Redruth registration district.	3760 in 1931

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