Hartlepool Registration District

HARTLEPOOL REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham .
Created : 9.6.1859 (out of Stockton registration district).
Abolished : 1.7.1938 (to become part of West Hartlepool, Durham South Eastern, and Durham Eastern registration districts).
Re-created : 1.4.1967 (out of West Hartlepool and Durham South Eastern registration districts).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of North Cleveland registration district).
Re-created : 1.4.1996 (from North Cleveland registration district).
Sub-districts : Gretham, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool
GRO volumes : 10a (1859–1938), 1A (1967–74)
Registers currently held at : Hartlepool.

Table 1A: List of Places in Hartlepool Registration District (1859–1938)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Brierton	Durham	1859	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Claxton	Durham	1859	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Dalton Piercy	Durham	1859	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Elwick	Durham	1859	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Elwick Hall	Durham	1859	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Greatham	Durham	1859	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Hart	Durham	1859	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Hartlepool	Durham	1859	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Middleton	Durham	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Stranton in Hartlepool Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of the parish of Hartlepool.
Seaton	Durham	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Seaton Carew. See also Table 2, note (c).
Seaton Carew	Durham	1859	1921	Abolished 1.4.1921 to become part of the parish of West Hartlepool. See also Table 2, note (a).
Stranton	Durham	1859	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become parts of the parishes of West Hartlepool and Dalton Piercy. See also Table 2, note (a).
Thorpe Bulmer	Durham	1859	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Hart, Monk Hesleden, and Hartlepool. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Throston	Durham	1859	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of the parish of Hartlepool. See also Table 2, note (a).
Throston Rural	Durham	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Throston. Abolished 1.4.1937 to become parts of the parishes of West Hartlepool and Elwick.
West Hartlepool	Durham	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Stranton in West Hartlepool Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, note (d).

Table 1B: List of Places in Hartlepool Registration District (1967–74)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Hartlepool	Durham	1967	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (e) to (h).

Table 1C: List of Places in Hartlepool Registration District (from 1996)

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Brierton	Durham	1996		See Table 2, note (i).
Claxton	Durham	1996		See Table 2, note (i).
Dalton Piercy	Durham	1996		See Table 2, note (i).
Elwick	Durham	1996		See Table 2, note (i).
Elwick Hall	Durham	1996		See Table 2, note (i).
Greatham	Durham	1996		See Table 2, note (i).
Hart	Durham	1996		See Table 2, note (i).
Hartlepool	Durham	1996		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Hartlepool. See also Table 2, note (i).
Newton Bewley	Durham	1996		See Table 2, note (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Hartlepool Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
9.6.1859 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes parishes of Brierton, Claxton, Dalton Piercy, Elwick, Elwick Hall, Greatham, Hart, Hartlepool, Seaton Carew, Stranton, Thorpe Bulmer, and Throston, from Stockton registration district.	26369 in 1851
1.7.1938 (abolished)	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Thorpe Bulmer (which became part of the parish of Monk Hesleden on 1.4.1936) to Durham Eastern registration district.	17 in 1931
	(c)	Lost the parishes of Brierton, Claxton, Dalton Piercy, Elwick, Elwick Hall, Greatham, Hart, Hartlepool, and Seaton, to Durham South Eastern registration district.	23248 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the parish of West Hartlepool to West Hartlepool registration district.	69450 in 1931
1.4.1967 (re-created)	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Hartlepool (which until 1.4.1967 formed of the parish of West Hartlepool) from West Hartlepool registration district.
	(f)	Gained the parish of Hartlepool from Durham South Eastern registration district.
	(g)	Gained parts of the parish of Hartlepool (which until 1.4.1967 formed the parish of Seaton, and parts of the parishes of Brierton, Dalton Piercy, Elwick, Greatham, and Hart) from Durham South Eastern registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(h)	Lost the constituent parish of Hartlepool (which was transferred from Durham to the county of Cleveland on 1.4.1974) to North Cleveland registration district.	96510 in 1971
1.4.1996 (re-created)	(i)	Gained the parishes of Brierton, Claxton, Dalton Piercy, Elwick, Elwick Hall, Greatham, Hart, and Newton Bewley, and the unparished area of Hartlepool (which were transferred from Cleveland to the county of Durham on 1.4.1996) from North Cleveland registration district.

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