Leek Registration District

LEEK REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Leek & Longnor in early listings).
Sub-districts : Biddulph, Leek, Leek Frith, Leek Rural, Leek Urban, Longnor, Norton.
GRO volumes : XVII (1837–51), 6b (1852–1946), 9B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Staffordshire (Newcastle) and Stoke on Trent.

Table 1: List of Places in Leek Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alstonefield	Staffordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Bagnall	Staffordshire	1907	1974	See Table 2, notes (d), (j) and (k).
Biddulph	Staffordshire	1893	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Bradnop	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Brown Edge	Staffordshire	1965	1974	Created 1.4.1965 out of the parish of Norton le Moors.
Butterton	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Endon & Stanley	Staffordshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 out of the parish of Endon Longsdon & Stanley.
Endon Longsdon & Stanley	Staffordshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Endon & Stanley, and Longsdon.
Fawfieldhead	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Grindon	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Heathylee	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Heaton	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Hollinsclough	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Horton	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Rudyard.
Horton	Staffordshire	1934	1974	Created 28.7.1934 by renaming the parish of Rudyard.
Ilam	Staffordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Leek	Staffordshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 out of the parishes of Leek & Lowe, Tittesworth, and Leek Frith. See also Table 2, note (i).
Leek & Lowe	Staffordshire	1837	1895	Abolished 15.3.1895 and renamed Lowe.
Leekfrith	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Longnor	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Longsdon	Staffordshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 out of the parish of Endon Longsdon & Stanley.
Lowe	Staffordshire	1895	1934	Created 15.3.1895 by renaming the parish of Leek & Lowe. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Leek.
Norton in the Moors	Staffordshire	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and incorporated into the parishes of Stoke on Trent, Brown Edge, and Bagnall. See also Table 2, notes (c), (e), (g) and (k).
Onecote	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Quarnford	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Rudyard	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 28.7.1934 and renamed Horton.
Rushton	Staffordshire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of Rushton Spencer and Rushton James.
Rushton James	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Rushton
Rushton Spencer	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Rushton
Sheen	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Smallthorne	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Norton in the Moors in Smallthorne Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1922 and incorporated into the parish of Stoke on Trent. See also Table 2, note (f).
Tittesworth	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Warslow & Elkestones	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Wetton	Staffordshire	1837	1869	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Wetton	Staffordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Leek Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
10.3.1869	(a)	Lost the parish of Wetton to Ashbourne registration district.	452 in 1861
1.10.1893	(b)	Gained the parish of Biddulph from Congleton registration district.	5290 in 1891
1.4.1896	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Norton in the Moors (which became part of the parish of Milton on 1.4.1896) to Wolstanton registration district.	948 in 1891
1.3.1907	(d)	Gained the parish of Bagnall from Stoke upon Trent registration district.	533 in 1901
1.7.1922	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Norton in the Moors (which became part of the parish of Stoke on Trent on 1.4.1922) to Stoke & Wolstanton registration district.	2038 in 1921
	(f)	Lost the parish of Smallthorne (which became part of the parish of Stoke on Trent on 1.4.1922) to Stoke & Wolstanton registration district.	7726 in 1921
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Norton in the Moors (which until 1.4.1922 formed part of the parish of Norton in the Moors) from Wolstanton registration district.	31 in 1921
1.10.1935	(h)	Gained the parishes of Alstonfield, Ilam, and Wetton, from Ashbourne registration district.	768 in 1931
1.10.1935	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Leek (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Cheddleton) from Cheadle registration district.	156 in 1931
1.4.1965	(j)	Lost parts of the parishes of Bagnall and Norton in the Moors (which became parts of the parish of Stoke on Trent on 1.4.1965) to Stoke on Trent registration district.
1.4.1965	(k)	Gained part of the parish of Bagnall (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Stoke on Trent) from Stoke on Trent registration district.

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