Burnley Registration District

BURNLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Burnley, Burnley First, Burnley Second, Colne, East Ward, Nelson, Padiham, Pendle, West Ward.
GRO volumes : XXI (1837–51), 8e (1852–1946), 10B (1946–74)
Registers now held by : Lancashire.

Table 1: List of Places in Burnley Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Altham	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Barley with Wheatley Booth	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Barrowford	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Barrowford Booth in Barrowford Booth Urban District. See also Table 2, note (d).
Barrowford Booth	Lancashire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Barrowford Booth and Backo.
Blacko	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Barrowford Booth. See also Table 2, note (d).
Briercliffe	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Briercliffe with Entwistle. See also Table 2, note (d).
Briercliffe with Entwistle	Lancashire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Briercliffe and Burnley.
Brierfield	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Great & Little Marsden in Brierfield Urban District. See also Table 2, note (d).
Brunshaw	Lancashire	1894	1911	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Burnley. Abolished 9.11.1911 and incorporated into the parishes of Cliviger and Burnley.
Burnley	Lancashire	1837	1974
Cliviger	Lancashire	1837	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Cliviger in Todmorden Urban District became part of Yorkshire West Riding, in 1894 this area became the separate parish of Cornholme, so that thereafter Cliviger was again wholly in Lancashire. See also Table 2, note (d).
	Lancashire and Yorkshire West Riding	1889	1894
	Lancashire	1894	1936
Colne	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Cornholme	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1895	Created 1894 out of the part of the parish of Cliviger in Todmorden Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Dunnockshaw	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Foulridge	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Goldshaw Booth	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Great & Little Marsden	Lancashire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Nelson, Brierfield, and Colne.
Habergham Eaves	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Hapton	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Heyhouses	Lancashire	1837	1904	Abolished 1.4.1904 and incorporated into the parish of Sabden.
Higham with West Close Booth	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Huncoat	Lancashire	1837	1929	Abolished 1.4.1929 and incorporated into the parish of Accrington.
Ightenhill	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural parts of the parishes of Ightenhill Park and Habergham Eaves. See also Table 2, note (d).
Ightenhill Park	Lancashire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Burnley and Ightenhill.
Nelson	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the parts of the parishes of Great & Little Marsden and Barrowford Booth in Nelson Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, note (d).
Northtown	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Padiham. See also Table 2, note (d).
Old Laund Booth	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Padiham	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Read	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Reedley Hallows	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Reedley Hallows Filey Close & New Launds Booth. See also Table 2, note (d).
Reedley Hallows Filey Close & New Launds Booth	Lancashire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Reedley Hallows and Burnley.
Roughlee Booth	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Sabden	Lancashire	1904	1936	Created 1.4.1904 out of the parishes of Pendleton, Read, Wiswell, Heyhouses, Goldshaw Booth, Higham with West Close Booth, and North Town. See also Table 2, notes (b), (c)and (d).
Simonstone	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Trawden	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Wheatley Carr Booth	Lancashire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Old Laund Booth.
Worsthorne with Hurstwood	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Burnley Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.6.1895	(a)	Lost the parish of Cornholme to Todmorden registration district.	385 in 1891
1.7.1904	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Sabden (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Pendleton) from Clitheroe registration district.	847 in 1901
1.7.1904	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Sabden (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Wiswell) from Clitheroe registration district.	41 in 1901
1.4.1936	(d)	Lost the parishes of Altham, Barley with Wheatley Booth, Barrowford, Blacko, Briercliffe, Brierfield, Cliviger, Colne, Dunnockshaw, Foulridge, Goldshaw Booth, Habergham Eaves, Hapton, Higham with West Close Booth, Ightenhill, Nelson, Northtown, Old Laund Booth, Padiham, Read, Reedley Hallows, Roughlee Booth, Sabden, Simonstone, Trawden, and Worsthorne with Hurstwood, to Nelson registration district.	106793 in 1931

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