Staincross Registration District

STAINCROSS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding.
Created : 1.7.1938 (out of Barnsley registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Barnsley registration district).
Sub-districts : Darton, Penistone, Wombwell.
GRO volumes : 9c (1938–46), 2D (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Barnsley and Wakefield (Wakefield).

Table 1: List of Places in Staincross Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Billingley	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Cawthorne	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Cudworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Darfield	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Darton	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (e), (j) and (k).
Dodworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Dunford	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (f), (i) and (k).
Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
High Hoyland	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Hoyland Nether	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (h).
Hunshelf	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Langsett	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Notton	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Oxspring	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Penistone	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Royston	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Silkstone	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Stainborough	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Thurgoland	Yorkshire West Riding	1947	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Wombwell	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Woolley	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Worsbrough	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Staincross Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1938	(a)	Gained the parishes of Billingley, Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Notton, Royston, Stainbrough, Wombwell, Woolley, and Worsborough, from Barnsley registration district.	85133 in 1931
1.1.1947	(b)	Lost the parish of Billingley to Hemsworth registration district.	151 in 1931
	(c)	Lost the parishes of Notton and Woolley to Lower Agbrigg registration district.	1469 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parishes of Cawthorne, Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth, High Hoyland, Hunshelf, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Silkstone, and Thurgoland, from Penistone registration district.	12494 in 1931
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Darton (which until 1.4.1938 formed the parish of Kexborough) from Penistone registration district.	1673 in 1901
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Dunford (which until 1.4.1938 formed the parish of Thurlstone) from Penistone registration district.	581 in 1901
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Hoyland Nether (which became part of the parish of Wentworth on 1.4.1938) to Rother Valley registration district.	34 in 1931
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Hoyland Nether (which until 1.4.1939 formed part of the parish of Brampton Bierlow) from Rother Valley registration district.	116 in 1901
	(i)	Gained the parish of Dunford from Upper Agbrigg registration district.	288 in 1901
1.4.1959	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Darton (which became part of the parish of Woolley on 1.4.1959) to Lower Agbrigg registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(k)	Lost the constituent parishes of Cawthorne, Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Dunford, Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth, High Hoyland, Hoyland Nether, Hunshelf, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Royston, Silkstone, Stainborough, Thurgoland, Wombwell, and Worsbrough (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of South Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) to Barnsley registration district.	109772 in 1971

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