Bilston Registration District

BILSTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire.
Created : 1.4.1935 (out of Wolverhampton registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1966 (incorporated into Seisdon, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Dudley, and West Bromwich registration districts).
Sub-districts : Bilston, Kinver, Tettenhall, Wombourne.
GRO volumes : 6b (1935–46), 9B (1946–66).
Registers now held by : Walsall and Staffordshire (Cannock).

Table 1: List of Places in Bilston Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bilston	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Wolverhampton, Walsall, and West Bromwich. See also Table 2, notes (a), (i), (j) and (k).
Bobbington	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Codsall	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Enville	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Himley	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a), (f) and (g).
Kinver	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (f) and (g).
Lower Penn	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (k).
Patshull	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Pattingham	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Short Heath	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Essington. See also Table 2, notes (a), (d), (e), (i) and (k).
Swindon	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Tettenhall	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Wolverhampton, Codsall, Lower Penn, and Wrottesley. See also Table 2, notes (a), (h) and (k).
Trysull & Seisdon	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Wednesfield	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Wolverhampton, Essington, and Walsall. See also Table 2, notes (a), (e), (i) and (k).
Willenhall	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Essington. See also Table 2, notes (a), (e), (i) and (k).
Wombourn	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parish of Wombourne. See also Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (k).
Wrottesley	Staffordshire	1935	1966	See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bilston Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1935 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Bilston, Bobbington, Codsall, Enville, Himley, Kinver, Lower Penn, Pattingham, Short Heath, Swindon, Tettenhall, Trysull & Seisdon, Upper Penn, Wednesfield, Willenhall, Wombourn, and Wrottesley, from Wolverhampton registration district.	85591 in 1931
1.10.1935	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Kinver (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Kingswinford) from Kingswinford registration district.	580 in 1931
	(c)	Gained the parish of Patshull from Shifnal registration district.	204 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Short Heath (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Bentley), from Wednesbury registration district.	190 in 1931
1.4.1966 (abolished)	(e)	Lost parts of the parishes of Short Heath, Wednesfield and Willenhall (which became parts of the parish of Essington on 1.4.1966) to Cannock registration district.
	(f)	Lost parts of the parishes of Himley and Kinver (which became parts of the parish of Dudley on 1.4.1966) to Dudley registration district.
	(g)	Lost the parishes of Bobbington, Codsall, Enville, Himley, Kinver, Lower Penn, Patshull, Pattingham, Swindon, Trysull & Seisdon, Wombourn, and Wrottesley, to Seisdon registration district.
	(h)	Lost parts of the parish of Tettenhall (which became parts of the parishes of Codsall, Lower Penn, and Wrottesley on 1.4.1966) to Seisdon registration district.
	(i)	Lost parts of the parishes of Bilston, Short Heath, Wednesfield, and Willenhall (which became parts of the parish of Walsall on 1.4.1966) to Walsall registration district.
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Bilston (which became part of the parish of West Bromwich on 1.4.1966) to West Bromwich registration district.
	(k)	Lost parts of the parishes of Bilston, Lower Penn, Short Heath, Tettenhall, Wednesfield, Willenhall, Wombourn, and Wrottesley (which became parts of the parish of Wolverhampton on 1.4.1966) to Wolverhampton registration district.

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