Wortley Registration District

WORTLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding.
Created : 1.10.1838. (out of Ecclesfield registration district)
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Sheffield and Barnsley registration districts).
Sub-districts : Bradfield, Cawthorne, Ecclesfield, High Hoyland, Penistone, Wortley
GRO volumes : XXII (1838–51), 9c (1852–1946), 2D (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Sheffield, Oldham, Barnsley and Huddersfield.

Table 1: List of Places in Wortley Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bradfield	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (f), (i) and (n).
Cawthorne	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1911	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Clayton West	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1911	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Denby	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1911	See Table 2, notes (b), (d), (e) and (h).
Ecclesfield	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (c), (g), (k), (l) and (n).
Gunthwaite	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
High Hoyland	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1911	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Hoyland Swaine	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Hunshelf	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Ingbirchworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Kexborough	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1911	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Langsett	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Oxspring	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Penistone	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Silkstone	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1911	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Stocksbridge	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1974	Created 1894 out of the parts of the parishes of Bradfield and Hunshelf in Stocksbridge Urban District. See also Table 2, note (n).
Tankersley	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (j) and (m).
Thurgoland	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Thurlstone	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1911	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Wortley	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (m).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wortley Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1838 (created)	(a)	Gained the townships of Bradfield, Ecclesfield, Gunthwaite, Hoyland Swaine, Hunshelf, Ingbirchworth, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Tankersley, Thurgoland, Thurlstone, Wortley, from Ecclesfield registration district.
28.3.1850	(b)	Gained the townships of Cawthorne, Clayton West, Denby, High Hoyland, Kexborough, and Silkstone, from Ecclesfield registration district.	6540 in 1841
17.12.1881	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Ecclesfield, including Aldwarke (which became part of the parish of Dalton) to Rotherham registration district.	61 in 1881
25.3.1885	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Denby, including Polygon Terrace (which became part of the parish of Cumberworth on 25.3.1885) to Huddersfield registration district.	12 in 1891
25.3.1885	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Denby (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Cumberworth, including Denby Dale) from Huddersfield registration district.	98 in 1891
1.10.1902	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Bradfield (which became part of the parish of Sheffield on 31.10.1901) to Sheffield registration district.	1183 in 1901
1.10.1902	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Ecclesfield (which became part of the parish of Sheffield on 31.10.1901) to Sheffield registration district.	15484 in 1901
1.1.1911	(h)	Lost the parishes of Cawthorne, Clayton West, Denby, Gunthwaite, High Hoyland, Hoyland Swaine, Hunshelf, Ingbirchworth, Kexborough, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Silkstone, Thurgoland, and Thurlstone, to Penistone registration district.	17428 in 1901
1.4.1938	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Bradfield (which became part of the parish of Sheffield on 1.4.1938) to Sheffield registration district.	0 in 1931
1.1.1947	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Tankersley (which became part of the parish of Wentworth on 1.4.1938) to Rother Valley registration district.	9 in 1931
1.4.1967	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Ecclesfield (which became part of the parish of Sheffield on 1.4.1967) to Sheffield registration district.
1.4.1967	(l)	Gained part of the parish of Ecclesfield (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Sheffield) from Sheffield registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the parishes of Tankersley and Wortley (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of South Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) to Barnsley registration district.	2261 in 1971
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(n)	Lost the parishes of Bradfield, Ecclesfield, and Stocksbridge (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of South Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) to Sheffield registration district.	52346 in 1971

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