Hyndburn & Rossendale Registration District

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HYNDBURN & ROSSENDALE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.4.1974 (out of Haslingden, Darwen, Littleborough, and Heywood registration districts).
Abolished : 1.6.2005 (to become part of Lancashire registration district).
Sub-districts : Hyndburn, Rossendale.
GRO volumes : 40 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Lancashire.

Table 1: List of Places in Hyndburn & Rossendale Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Accrington	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Accrington. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Bacup	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Bacup. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Church	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Church. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Clayton le Moors	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Clayton le Moors. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Great Harwood	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Great Harwood. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Haslingden	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Haslingden. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Oswaldtwistle	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Oswaldtwistle. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Rawtenstall	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Rawtenstall. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Rishton	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Rishton. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Walmersley	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed part of the parish and urban district of Ramsbottom. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Whitworth	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (d) and (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Hyndburn & Rossendale Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1974 (created)	(a)	Gained the unparished areas of Church, Clayton le Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle, and Rishton, from Darwen registration district.	41251 in 1971
	(b)	Gained the unparished areas of Accrington, Bacup, Haslingden, and Rawtenstall, from Haslingden registration district.	87609 in 1971
	(c)	Gained the unparished area of Walmersley from Heywood registration district.	1648 in 1971
	(d)	Gained the parish of Whitworth from Littleborough registration district.	7425 in 1971
1.6.2005 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the constituent parish of Whitworth, and the unparished areas of Accrington, Bacup, Church, Clayton le Moors, Great Harwood, Haslingden, Oswaldtwistle, Rawtenstall, Rishton, and Walmersley, to Lancashire registration district.

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