Keighley Registration District

KEIGHLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding (1837–1974); West Yorkshire (1974–2008).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.1947 (to become part of Worth Valley and Staincliffe registration districts).
Re-created : 1.4.1974 (out of Worth Valley and Staincliffe registration districts).
Abolished : 1.10.2008 (to become part of Bradford & Keighley registration district).
Sub-districts : Bingley, Haworth, Keighley
GRO volumes : XXIII (1837–51), 9a (1852–1946), 2C (1946), 4 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Bradford & Keighley.

Table 1A: List of Places in Keighley Registration District (1837–1947)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bingley	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1946	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Bingley Outer	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1898	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Bingley in Bingley Urban District. Abolished 26.3.1898 to become part of the parish of Bingley.
Denholme	Yorkshire West Riding	1939	1946	See Table 2, notes (d) and (g).
Haworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Keighley.
Keighley	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1946	See Table 2, note (g).
Morton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Keighley.
Oakworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Keighley in Oakworth Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Keighley.
Oxenhope	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Haworth in Oxenhope Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Keighley.
Shipley	Yorkshire West Riding	1939	1946	See Table 2, notes (d) and (g).
Silsden	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Stanbury	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Haworth in Oakworth Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Keighley.
Steeton with Eastburn	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1946	See Table 2, notes (b), (c) and (f).
Sutton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1946	See Table 2, note (f).

Table 1B: List of Places in Keighley Registration District (1974–2008)

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Addingham	West Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (h) and (k).
Denholme	West Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (i) and (k).
Keighley	West Yorkshire	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Keighley. See also Table 2, notes (i) and (k).
Kildwick	West Yorkshire	1974	1983	See Table 2, notes (h) and (k).
Silsden	West Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (h) and (k).
Steeton with Eastburn	West Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (h) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Keighley Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
19.7.1861	(a)	Lost the parish of Silsden to Skipton registration district.	2582 in 1861
1.6.1896	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Steeton with Eastburn (which became part of the parish of Silsden on 1.4.1896) to Skipton registration district.	0 in 1891
1.6.1896	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Steeton with Eastburn (which until 1.4.1896 formed part of the parish of Silsden) from Skipton registration district.	0 in 1891
1.1.1939	(d)	Gained the parishes of Denholme and Shipley from North Bierley registration district.	32900 in 1931
1.1.1939	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Bingley (which until 1.4.1938 formed the parish of Wilsden) from North Bierley registration district.	2991 in 1931
1.1.1947 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the parishes of Steeton with Eastburn and Sutton to Staincliffe registration district.	4641 in 1931
1.1.1947 (abolished)	(g)	Lost the parishes of Bingley, Denholme, Keighley, and Shipley, to Worth Valley registration district.	109990 in 1931
1.4.1974 (re-created)	(h)	Gained the parishes of Addingham, Kildwick, Silsden, and Steeton with Eastburn (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of West Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) from Staincliffe registration district.	11244 in 1971
1.4.1974 (re-created)	(i)	Gained the parish of Denholme, and the unparished area of Keighley (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to te county of West Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) from Worth Valley registration district.	57915 in 1971
1.4.1983	(j)	Lost the parish of Kildiwck (which became part of the county of North Yorkshire on 1.4.1983) to Staincliffe registration district.
1.10.2008 (abolished)	(k)	Lost the constituent parishes of Addingham, Denholme, Kildwick, Silsden, and Steeton with Eastburn, and the unparished area of Keighley, to Bradford & Keighley registration district.

The information on this page may not be reproduced without the consent of the copyright holder.

Hosted by UKBMD – Births, Marriages, Deaths & Censuses on the Internet