Meriden Registration District

MERIDEN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Warwickshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Coleshill, Marston Green, Meriden.
GRO volumes : XVI (1837–51), 6d (1852–1946), 9C (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Warwickshire (Nuneaton), Solihull North, Birmingham and Coventry.

Table 1: List of Places in Meriden Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Allesley	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (d), (g), (p), (q) and (t).
Arley	Warwickshire	1932	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Astley	Warwickshire	1932	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Balsall	Warwickshire	1932	1974	See Table 2, notes (j), (r) and (s).
Barston	Warwickshire	1932	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Berkswell	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (t).
Bickenhill	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (k), (r), (s), (v) and (w).
Castle Bromwich	Warwickshire	1912	1974	See Table 2, notes (c), (e), (f), (v), (x) and (y).
Chelmsley Wood	Warwickshire	1970	1974	Created 1.4.1970 out of the parishes of Coleshill and Kingshurst.
Coleshill	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Corley	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Coundon	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parishes of Coventry and Keresley. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (g).
Curdworth	Warwickshire	1912	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Fillongley	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Fordbridge	Warwickshire	1970	1974	Created 1.4.1970 out of the parishes of Coleshill and Kingshurst.
Great Packington	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Hampton in Arden	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (l), (m), (r) and (s).
Keresley	Warwickshire	1932	1974	See Table 2, notes (h) and (t).
Kingshurst	Warwickshire	1956	1974	Created 1.4.1956 out of the parish of Coleshill. See also Table 2, note (v).
Kinwasley	Warwickshire	1837	1895	Abolished 30.9.1895 and incorporated into the parish of Fillongley.
Lea Marston	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Little Packington	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Maxstoke	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Meriden	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Middleton	Warwickshire	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (u).
Minworth	Warwickshire	1912	1931	Abolished 1.4.1931 and incorporated into the parishes of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, and Castle Bromwich. See also Table 2, notes (c), (e) and (o).
Nether Whitacre	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Over Whitacre	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Sheldon	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parishes of Coleshill and Solihull Urban. See also Table 2, notes (f) and (n).
Shustoke	Warwickshire	1837	1974
Water Orton	Warwickshire	1912	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Wishaw	Warwickshire	1912	1974	See Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Meriden Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
17.8.1877	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Bickenhill, including the Lyndon Quarter (which became part of the parish of Solihull on 17.8.1877) to Solihull registration district.	770 in 1881
11.12.1880	(b)	Gained a part of the parish of Lea Marston (which until 11.12.1880 formed a detached part of the parish of Merevale) from Atherstone registration district.	10 in 1881
1.10.1912	(c)	Gained the parishes of Castle Bromwich, Curdworth, Minworth, Water Orton, and Wishaw, from Aston registration district.	2725 in 1911
1.4.1928	(d)	Lost parts of the parish of Coventry (which until 1.4.1928 formed parts of the parishes of Allesley, Berkswell, and Coundon) to Coventry registration district.	641 in 1921
1.4.1932	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Birmingham (which until 1.4.1931 formed parts of the parishes of Castle Bromwich and Minworth) to Birmingham North registration district.	444 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Birmingham (which until 1.4.1931 formed parts of the parishes of Castle Bromwich and Sheldon) to Birmingham South registration district.	808 in 1931
	(g)	Lost parts of the parish of Coventry (which until 1.4.1932 formed parts of the parishes of Allesley and Coundon) to Coventry registration district.	633 in 1931
	(h)	Gained the parish of Keresley from Foleshill registration district.	1498 in 1931
	(i)	Gained the parishes of Arley and Astley from Nuneaton registration district.	4055 in 1931
	(j)	Gained the parishes of Balsall and Barston from Solihull registration district.	2440 in 1931
	(k)	Gained part of the parish of Bickenhill (which until 1.4.1932 formed part of the parish of Elmdon) from Solihull registration district.	65 in 1931
	(l)	Lost part of the parish of Hampton in Arden (which became part of the parish of Solihull Urban on 1.4.1932) to Solihull registration district.	183 in 1931
	(m)	Gained part of the parish of Hampton in Arden (which until 1.4.1932 formed part of the parish of Solihull) from Solihull registration district.	0 in 1931
	(n)	Lost part of the parish of Sheldon (which became part of the parish of Solihull Urban on 1.4.1932) to Solihull registration district.	59 in 1931
	(o)	Lost part of the parish of Sutton Coldfield (which until 1.4.1931 formed part of the parish of Minworth) to Sutton Coldfield registration district.	633 in 1921
1.4.1956	(p)	Lost part of the parish of Allesley (which became part of the parish of Coventry on 1.4.1956) to Coventry registration district.
1.4.1956	(q)	Gained part of the parish of Allesley (which until 1.4.1956 formed part of the parish of Coventry) from Coventry registration district.
1.4.1964	(r)	Lost parts of the parishes of Balsall, Bickenhill, and Hampton in Arden (which on 1.4.1964 became parts of the parish of Solihull Urban) from Solihull registration district.
1.4.1964	(s)	Gained parts of the parishes of Balsall, Bickenhill, and Hampton in Arden (which until 1.4.1964 formed parts of the parish of Solihull Urban) from Solihull registration district.
1.4.1965	(t)	Lost parts of the parishes of Allesley, Berkswell, and Keresley (which became parts of the parish of Coventry on 1.4.1965) to Coventry registration district.
1.4.1965	(u)	Gained the parish of Middleton from Sutton Coldfield registration district.
1.4.1966	(v)	Lost parts of the parishes of Bickenhill, Castle Bromwich, and Kingshurst (which became parts of the parish of Birmingham on 1.4.1966) to to Birmingham registration district.
	(w)	Gained part of the parish of Bickenhill (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Birmingham) from Birmingham registration district.
	(x)	Lost part of the parish of Castle Bromwich (which became part of the parish of Sutton Coldfield on 1.4.1966) to Sutton Coldfield registration district.
	(y)	Gained part of the parish of Castle Bromwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Sutton Coldfield) from Sutton Coldfield registration district.

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