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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).

1935

1974

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

(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.

 

(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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