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REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN CHESHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Cheshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

For the purposes of these pages, "Cheshire" refers to:

Click on a district name in the table below to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.

 

Registration District

Registration County

From

To

Comments

Altrincham

Cheshire

1837

1898

Renamed 1.10.1898 to become Bucklow registration district

Ashton & Oldham

Lancashire

1837

1848

Abolished 31.3.1848 and divided between Ashton under Lyne and Oldham registration districts.

Ashton under Lyne

Lancashire

1848

1937

Created 31.3.1848 out of Ashton & Oldham registration district. Partly in Cheshire until 1.4.1937.

Birkenhead

Cheshire

1861

1974

Created 2.7.1861 out of Wirral registration district. Transferred to Merseyside on 1.4.1974.

Bucklow

Cheshire

1898

1974

Created 1.10.1898 by renaming Altrincham registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Trafford, Macclesfield, Warrington and Manchester registration districts.

Cheshire

Cheshire

2007

2009

Created 1.7.2007 from Cheshire Central, Cheshire East and Cheshire West registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2009 and divided between Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester registration districts.

Cheshire Central

Cheshire

1998

2007

Created 1.4.1998 from South Cheshire and Vale Royal registration districts. Abolished 1.7.2007 and added to Cheshire registration district.

Cheshire East

Cheshire

1998

2007

Created 1.4.1998 from Macclesfield and South Cheshire registration districts. Abolished 1.7.2007 and added to Cheshire registration district.

Cheshire East

Cheshire

2009

 

Created 1.4.2009 out of Cheshire registration district.

Cheshire West

Cheshire

1998

2007

Created 1.4.1998 by renaming Chester & Ellesmere Port registration district. Abolished 1.7.2007 and added to Cheshire registration district.

Cheshire West & Chester

Cheshire

2009

 

Created 1.4.2009 out of Cheshire registration district.

Chester

Cheshire

1870

1974

Created 1.1.1870 by renaming Great Boughton registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Chester & Ellesmere Port registration district.

Chester & Ellesmere Port

Cheshire

1974

1998

Created 1.4.1974 out of Chester, West Cheshire and Wirral registration districts. Renamed 1.4.1998 to become Cheshire West registration district.

Congleton

Cheshire

1837

1937

Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Crewe, Macclesfield and Northwich registration districts.

Congleton & Crewe

Cheshire

1974

1991

Created 1.4.1974 out of Crewe, Macclesfield and Northwich registration districts. Renamed 1.7.1991 to become South Cheshire registration district.

Crewe

Cheshire

1937

1974

Created 1.4.1937 out of Nantwich, Congleton, Chester and Northwich registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Congleton & Crewe registration district.

Great Boughton

Cheshire

1837

1870

Renamed 1.1.1870 to become Chester registration district.

Halton

Cheshire

1974

 

Created 1.4.1974 out of Widnes and Runcorn registration districts.

Hayfield

Derbyshire

1838

1937

Created 20.1.1838 out of High Peak registration district. Partly in Cheshire until 1.4.1937.

High Peak

Derbyshire

1837

1838

Abolished 20.1.1838 and divided between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Hayfield registration districts.

Hyde

Cheshire

1937

1974

Created 1.4.1937 out of Ashton under Lyne and Stockport registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Tameside and High Peak registration districts.

Macclesfield

Cheshire

1837

1998

Abolished 1.4.1998 and added to Cheshire East registration district.

Market Drayton

Shropshire

1837

1895

Partly in Cheshire until 30.9.1895.

Nantwich

Cheshire

1837

1937

Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Crewe and West Cheshire registration districts.

North East Cheshire

Cheshire

1937

1974

Created 1.4.1937 out of Stockport, Hayfield, Glossop and Macclesfield registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Stockport and Macclesfield registration districts.

Northwich

Cheshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Vale Royal and Congleton & Crewe registration districts.

Runcorn

Cheshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Halton, Warrington and Vale Royal registration districts.

South Cheshire

Cheshire

1991

1998

Created 1.7.1991 from Congleton & Crewe registration district. Abolished 1.4.1998 and divided between Cheshire Central and Cheshire East registration districts.

Stockport

Cheshire

1837

1974

Transferred to Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.

Vale Royal

Cheshire

1974

1998

Created 1.4.1974 out of Northwich and Runcorn registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1998 and added to Cheshire Central registration district.

Wallasey

Cheshire

1936

1974

Created 1.1.1936 out of Birkenhead and Wirral registration districts. Transferred to Merseyside on 1.4.1974.

Warrington

Lancashire

1845

1895

Partly in Cheshire from 21.10.1845 until 1.7.1895.

Warrington

Cheshire

1974

 

Transferred from Lancashire on 1.4.1974.

West Cheshire

Cheshire

1937

1974

Created 1.4.1937 out of Chester, Wirral and Nantwich registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Chester & Ellesmere Port registration district.

Whitchurch

Shropshire

1853

1935

Created 4.4.1853 out of Wem, Wrexham, Nantwich, Ellesmere and Great Boughton registration districts. Partly in Cheshire until 1.10.1935.

Wirral

Cheshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Birkenhead and Chester & Ellesmere Port registration districts.

Wrexham

Denbighshire

1837

1896

Partly in Cheshire until 1.11.1896.

 


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