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STOCKPORT REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1A: List of Places in Stockport Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Bosden

Cheshire

1878

1900

Created 25.3.1878 out of the parish of Handforth cum Bosden. Abolished 30.9.1900 and added to the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall.

Bramhall

Cheshire

1837

1900

Abolished 30.9.1900 and added to the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall.

Bredbury

Cheshire

1837

1936

Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley and Marple.

Bredbury & Romiley

Cheshire

1936

1937

Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Bredbury, Romiley, Compstall, Hyde and Marple. See also Table 2, note (f).

Brinnington

Cheshire

1837

1902

Abolished 30.9.1902 and added to the parish of Bredbury.

Cheadle

Cheshire

1879

1930

Created 29.9.1879 from the parishes of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley. Abolished 31.3.1930 and added to the parish of Cheadle & Gatley.

Cheadle & Gatley

Cheshire

1930

1937

Created 31.3.1930 from the parishes of Cheadle and Stockport Etchells. See also Table 2, note (f).

Cheadle Bulkeley

Cheshire

1837

1879

Abolished 29.9.1879 and added to the parish of Cheadle.

Cheadle Moseley

Cheshire

1837

1879

Abolished 29.9.1879 and added to the parish of Cheadle.

Compstall

Cheshire

1897

1936

Created 30.9.1897 by renaming the parish of Werneth. Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley and Hyde.

Denton

Lancashire

1937

1937

That part which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Stockport. See also Table 2, note (g).

Dukinfield

Cheshire

1936

1937

That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Hyde. See also Table 2, note (e).

Godley

Cheshire

1923

1923

Abolished 1.10.1923 and added to the parish of Hyde. See also Table 2, note (c).

Handforth

Cheshire

1878

1936

Created 25.3.1878 out of the parish of Handforth cum Bosden. Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Wilmslow and Cheadle & Gatley. See also Table 2, note (e).

Handforth cum Bosden

Cheshire

1837

1878

Abolished 25.3.1878 to become the separate parishes of Handforth and Bosden.

Hazel Grove & Bramhall

Cheshire

1900

1937

Created 30.9.1900 from the parishes of Bramhall, Bosden, Norbury, Offerton and Torkington. See also Table 2, note (f).

Heaton Norris

Lancashire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the Lancashire part of the parish of Stockport. See also Table 2, note (b).

Hyde

Cheshire

1837

1937

See Table 2, note (e).

Marple

Cheshire

1837

1937

See Table 2, note (f).

Newton

Cheshire

1923

1923

Abolished 1.10.1923 and added to the parish of Hyde. See also Table 2, note (c).

No Man's Land

Cheshire

1837

1868

Abolished 25.12.1868 and added to the parish of Beard, Thornsett, Ollersett & Whittle. See also Table 2, note (a).

Norbury

Cheshire

1837

1900

Abolished 30.9.1900 and added to the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall.

Offerton

Cheshire

1837

1900

Abolished 30.9.1900 and added to the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall.

Reddish

Lancashire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the Lancashire part of the parish of Stockport

Romiley

Cheshire

1837

1936

Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley and Marple.

Stockport

Cheshire

1837

1974

The parts of the parishes of Heaton Norris and Reddish that were added to the parish and county borough of Stockport after 1894 remained parts of Lancashire. See also Table 2, notes (h) and (i).

Lancashire

1894

1974

Stockport Etchells

Cheshire

1837

1930

Abolished 31.3.1930 and added to the parish of Cheadle & Gatley.

Torkington

Cheshire

1837

1900

Abolished 30.9.1900 and added to the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall.

Werneth

Cheshire

1837

1897

Renamed 30.9.1897 to become the parish of Compstall.

Wilmslow

Cheshire

1936

1937

That part which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Cheadle & Gatley and Handforth. See also Table 2, note (d).


Table 1B: List of Places in Stockport Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Stockport registration district became part of the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish
(or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Offerton Estate

Greater Manchester

2002

2006

Created 1.4.2002 out of the Stockport unparished area. Renamed 1.4.2006 to become the parish of Offerton Park.

Offerton Park

Greater Manchester

2006

2011

Created 1.4.2006 by renaming the paish of Offerton Estate. Abolished 31.3.2011 and added to the Stockport unparished area.

Stockport*

Greater Manchester

1974

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley, Cheadle & Gatley, Hazel Grove cum Bramhall, Marple and Stockport. See also Table 2, notes (j) to (r).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Stockport Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

25.12.1868

(a)

Lost the parish of No Man's Land (which was added to the parish of Beard, Thornsett, Ollersett & Whittle on 25.12.1868) to Hayfield registration district.

25 in 1861

9.11.1913

(b)

Lost part of the parish of Heaton Norris (which was added to the parish of South Manchester on 9.11.1913) to Chorlton registration district.

52 in 1911

1.7.1923

(c)

Gained the parishes of Godley and Hyde from Ashton under Lyne registration district.

9450 in 1921

1.4.1937

(d)

Lost the part in the parish of Wilmslow (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Cheadle & Gatley and Handforth) to Bucklow registration district.

969 in 1931

(e)

Lost the part in the parish of Dukinfield (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Hyde) and the parish of Hyde, to Hyde registration district.

32116 in 1931

(f)

Lost the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley, Cheadle & Gatley, Hazel Grove & Bramhall and Marple, to North East Cheshire registration district.

50052 in 1931

1.5.1937

(g)

Lost the part in the parish of Denton (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Stockport) to Ashton registration district.

0 in 1931

(h)

Gained part of the parish of Stockport (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Denton) from Ashton registration district.

0 in 1931

1.4.1952

(i)

Gained part of the parish of Stockport (which until 1.4.1952 formed part of the parish of Bredbury & Romiley) from North East Cheshire registration district.

151 in 1931

1.4.1974

(j)

Gained part of the Stockport unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley, Cheadle & Gatley, Hazel Grove cum Bramhall and Marple) from North East Cheshire registration district.

91813 in 1971

1.4.1993

(k)

Lost parts of the Stockport unparished area (which was added to the Manchester unparished area on 1.4.1993) to Manchester registration district.

n/a

(l)

Gained part of the Stockport unparished area (which until 1.4.1993 formed part of the Manchester unparished area) from Manchester registration district.

n/a

1.4.1994

(m)

Lost parts of the Stockport unparished area (which became parts of the parish of New Mills on 1.4.1994) to High Peak registration district.

n/a

(n)

Gained part of the Stockport unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the parish of New Mills) from High Peak registration district.

n/a

(o)

Lost parts of the Stockport unparished area, (which on 1.4.1994  became parts of the Macclesfield unparished area and parts of the parishes of Adlington, Disley, Lyme Handley, Poynton with Worth and Prestbury) to Macclesfield registration district.

n/a

(p)

Gained parts of the Stockport unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the Macclesfield unparished area and parts of the parishes of Adlington, Disley, Lyme Handley, Poynton with Worth and Prestbury) from Macclesfield registration district.

10 in 1993

(q)

Lost parts of the Stockport unparished area (which became parts of the Tameside unparished area on 1.4.1994) to Tameside registration district.

n/a

(r)

Gained parts of the Stockport unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the Tameside unparished area) from Tameside registration district.

n/a



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