Whitchurch Registration District

WHITCHURCH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837
Abolished : 15.1.1838 (incorporated into Wem registration district).
Re-created : 4.4.1853 (out off Ellesmere, Great Boughton, Nantwich, Wem and Wrexham registration districts).
Abolished : 1.1.1970 (renamed North Shropshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Malpas, Market Drayton, Wem, Whitchurch.
GRO volumes : 6a (1853–1946), 9A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Shropshire, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire Central and Wrexham.

Table 1A: List of Places in Whitchurch Registration District (1837–38)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Whitchurch	Shropshire	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 1B: List of Places in Whitchurch Registration District (1853–1969)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Adderley	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (o).
Agden	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Bickley	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Bradley	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Broughton	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Cheswardine	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (p).
Chidlow	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Childs Ercall	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (p).
Chorlton	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Clive	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Cuddington	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Duckington	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (j).
Edge	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (j).
Grinshill	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Hadnall	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (h) and (p).
Hampton	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Hinstock	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (p).
Hodnet	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (p).
Ightfield	Shropshire	1853	1969	See Table 2, notes (e), (m) and (p).
Iscoyd	Flintshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Larkton	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Lee Brockhurst	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Loppington	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Macefen	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Malpas	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Marbury cum Quoisley	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Market Drayton	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i), (o) and (p).
Moreton Corbet	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Moreton Say	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (p).
Newton by Malpas	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Norbury	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Norton in Hales	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (p).
Oldcastle	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Overton	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Prees	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Shawbury	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Stanton upon Hine Heath	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Stockton	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Stoke upon Tern	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (p).
Sutton upon Tern	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i), (o) and (p).
Threapwood	Cheshire	1897	1935	See Table 2, note (g) and (j).
Tushingham with Grindley	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Wem Rural	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Wem Urban	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Weston & Wixhill under Redcastle	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Whitchurch	Shropshire	1853	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Whitchurch Urban and Whitchurch Rural. See also Table 2, note (e).
Whitchurch Rural	Shropshire	1894	1969	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Whitchurch. See also Table 2, note (p).
Whitchurch Urban	Shropshire	1894	1969	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Whitchurch in Whitchurch Urban District. See also Table 2, notes (n) and (p).
Whixall	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Wigland	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Wirswall	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Woore	Shropshire	1935	1969	See Table 2, notes (i) and (p).
Wychough	Cheshire	1853	1935	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Whitchurch Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
15.1.1838 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the constituent parish of Whitchurch to Wem registration district.	6282 in 1841
4.4.1853 (re created)	(b)	Gained the chapelry of Iscoyd from Ellesmere registration district.	441 in 1851
	(c)	Gained the townships of Duckington and Edge from Great Boughton registration district.	344 in 1851
	(d)	Gained the townships of Bickley, Hampton, Larkton, Macefen, Marbury cum Quoisley, Norbury, Tushingham cum Grindley, and Wirswall, from Nantwich registration district.	2045 in 1851
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Ightfield and Whitchurch from Wem registration district.	6323 in 1851
	(f)	Gained the townships of Agden, Bradley, Chidlow, Chorlton, Cuddington, Malpas, Newton by Malpas, Oldcastle, Overton, Stockton, Wigland, and Wychough, from Wrexham registration district.	2198 in 1851
1.11.1896	(g)	Gained the parish of Threapwood from Wrexham registration district.	306 in 1891
1.10.1935	(h)	Gained the parish of Hadnall from Ellesmere registration district.	508 in 1931
	(i)	Gained the parishes of Adderley, Cheswardine, Childs Ercall, Hinstock, Hodnet, Market Drayton, Moreton Say, Norton in Hales, Stoke upon Tern, Sutton upon Tern, and Woore, from Market Drayton registration district.	12130 in 1931
	(j)	Lost the parishes of Agden, Bickley, Bradley, Chidlow, Chorlton, Cuddington, Duckington, Edge, Hampton, Larkton, Macefen, Malpas, Marbury with Quoisley, Newton by Malpas, Norbury, Oldcastle, Overton, Stockton, Threapwood, Tushingham with Grindley, Wigland, Wirswall, and Wychough, to Nantwich registration district.	4283 in 1931
	(k)	Lost the parish of Iscoyd to Overton registration district.	356 in 1931
	(l)	Gained the parishes of Broughton, Clive, Grinshill, Lee Brockhurst, Loppington, Moreton Corbet, Prees, Shawbury, Stanton upon Hine Heath, Wem Rural, Web Urban, Weston & Wixhill under Redcastle, and Whixall, from Wem registration district.	10359 in 1931
	(m)	Gained part of the parish of Ightfield (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Prees) from Wem registration district.	234 in 1931
1.4.1965	(n)	Lost part of the parish of Whitchurch Urban (which became part of the parish of Marbury cum Quoisley on 1.4.1965) to Crewe registration district.
1.4.1965	(o)	Gained parts of the parishes of Market Drayton and Sutton upon Tern (which until 1.4.1965 formed parts of the parish of Tyrley) from Newcastle under Lyme registration district.
1.1.1970 (abolished)	(p)	Lost the constituent parishes of Adderley, Broughton, Cheswardine, Childs Ercall, Clive, Grinshill, Hadnall, Hinstock, Hodnet, Ightfield, Lee Brockhurst, Loppington, Market Drayton, Moreton Corbet, Moreton Say, Norton in Hales, Prees, Shawbury, Stanton upon Hine Heath, Stoke upon Tern, Sutton upon Tern, Wem Rural, Wem Urban, Weston under Redcastle, Whitchurch Rural, Whitchurch Urban, Whixall, and Woore, to North Shropshire registration district.

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