List of Districts |
Table 1: List of Places in Oswestry Registration District
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Baschurch |
1935 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (i). |
|
Chirk |
1837 |
1935 |
See Table 2, note (f). |
|
Cockshutt |
1935 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (i). |
|
Ellesmere Rural |
1935 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (i). |
|
Ellesmere Urban |
1935 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (i). |
|
Great Ness |
1935 |
1967 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (g). |
|
Hordley |
1935 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (i). |
|
Kinnerley |
1837 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (c) and (i). |
|
Knockin |
1837 |
2005 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
|
Little Ness |
1935 |
1967 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (g). |
|
Llansilin |
1837 |
1935 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (f). |
|
Llanyblodwel |
1837 |
2005 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
|
Llanymynech |
1837 |
1967 |
Abolished 1.4.1967 and added to the parish of Llanynynech & Pant. |
|
Llanymynech & Pant |
1967 |
2005 |
Created 1.4.1967 out of the parishes of Llanymynech and Oswestry Rural. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
Lyneal & Welshampton |
1988 |
2005 |
Created 1.4.1988 out of the parishes of Ellesmere Rual and Welshampton. Renamed 30.8.1988 to become the parish of Welshampton & Lyneal. |
|
Melverley |
1935 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (i). |
|
Myddle |
1935 |
1988 |
Abolished 1.4.1988 and divided between the parishes of Myddle & Broughton and Wem Rural. See also Table 2, notes (e) and (h). |
|
Oswestry |
1967 |
2005 |
Created 1.4.1967 by renaming the parish of Oswestry Urban. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
Oswestry Rural |
1837 |
2005 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
|
Oswestry Town |
1837 |
1894 |
Renamed 1894 to become the parish of Oswestry Urban. |
|
Oswestry Urban |
1894 |
1967 |
Created 1894 by renaming the parish of Oswestry Town. Renamed 1.4.1967 to become the parish of Oswestry. |
|
Petton |
1935 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (i). |
|
Ruyton XI Towns |
1837 |
2005 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
|
St. Martin's |
1837 |
2005 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
|
Selattyn |
1837 |
1967 |
Abolished 1.4.1967 and added to the parisehs of Selattyn & Gobowen and Whittington. |
|
Selattyn & Gobowen |
1967 |
2005 |
Created 1.4.1967 out of the parishes of Selattyn, Whittington and Ellesmere Rural. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
Sychtyn |
1837 |
1967 |
Abolished 1.4.1967 and added to the parish of Oswestry Rural. |
|
Welshampton |
1935 |
1988 |
Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Lyneal & Welshampton. See also Table 2, note (e). |
|
Welshampton & Lyneal |
1988 |
2005 |
Created 30.8.1988 by renaming the parish of Lyneal & Welshampton. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
West Felton |
1837 |
2005 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
|
Weston Rhyn |
1897 |
2005 |
Created 1.10.1897 out of the parish of St. Martin's. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
Whittington |
1837 |
2005 |
See Table 2, notes (b) and (i). |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Oswestry Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
25.3.1883 |
(a) |
Gained part of the parish of Llansilin (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Llangadwaladr) from Llanfyllin registration district. |
60 in 1891 |
25.3.1883 |
(b) |
Lost a detached part of the parish of Whittington (which was added to the parish of Ellesmere on 25.3.1883) to Ellesmere registration district. |
25 in 1891 |
1.4.1926 |
(c) |
Gained part of the parish of Kinnerley (which until 1.4.1926 formed part of the parish of Melverley) from Atcham registration district. |
0 in 1921 |
1.10.1935 |
(d) |
Gained the parish of Melverley from Atcham registration district. |
173 in 1931 |
(e) |
Gained the parishes of Baschurch, Cockshutt, Ellesmere Rural, Ellesmere Urban, Great Ness, Hordley, Little Ness, Myddle, Petton and Welshampton, from Ellesmere registration district. |
8556 in 1931 |
|
(f) |
Lost the parishes of Chirk and Llansilin to Wrexham registration district. |
4036 in 1931 |
|
1.4.1967 |
(g) |
Lost the parishes of Great Ness and Little Ness to Shrewsbury registration district. |
973 in 1961 |
1.4.1988 |
(h) |
Lost the parish of Myddle (which became parts of the parishes of Myddle & Broughton and Wem Rural on 1.4.1988) to North Shropshire registration district. |
n/a |
1.9.2005 (abolished) |
(i) |
Lost the parishes of Baschurch, Cockshutt, Ellesmere Rural, Ellesmere Urban, Hordley, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Llanymynech & Pant, Melverley, Oswestry, Oswestry Rural, Petton, Ruyton XI Towns, Selattyn & Gobowen, St. Martin's, Welshampton & Lyneal, West Felton, Weston Rhyn and Whittington, to Shropshire registration district. |
46917 in 2001 |
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