Newton Registration District

NEWTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.4.1934 (out of Warrington registration district).
Sub-districts : Newton in Makerfield, Newton le Willows, Winwick
GRO volumes : 8c (1852–1946), 10F (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Warrington and Wigan & Leigh.

Table 1: List of Places in Newton Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Burtonwood	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Croft	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Cuerdley	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Great Sankey	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Haydock	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Newton in Makerfield	Lancashire	1934	1939	Abolished 1.6.1939 and renamed Newton le Willows. See also Table 2, note (a).
Newton le Willows	Lancashire	1939	1974	Created 1.6.1939 by renaming the parish of Newton in Makerfield.
Penketh	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Poulton with Fearnhead	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Rixton with Glazebrook	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (h), (i) and (j).
Winwick	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Woolston	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Newton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1934 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Burtonwood, Croft, Cuerdley, Great Sankey, Haydock, Newton in Makerfield, Penketh, Poulton with Fearnhead, Rixton with Glazebrook, Winwick, and Woolston, from Warrington registration district.	44940 in 1931
1.4.1937	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Woolston (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Lymm) from Bucklow registration district.	4 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Croft (which until 1.10.1933 formed part of the parish of Culcheth) from Leigh registration district.	401 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Cuerdley (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Norton) from Runcorn registration district.	28 in 1931
	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Penketh (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Acton Grange and Moore) from Runcorn registration district.	35 in 1931
	(f)	Gained parts of the parish of Woolston (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Grappenhall and Thelwall) from Runcorn registration district.	3 in 1931
1.4.1954	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Winwick (which became part of the parish of Warrington on 1.4.1954) to Warrington registration district.
1.4.1969	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Rixton with Glazebrook (which became part of the parish of Irlam on 1.4.1969) to Barton registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Rixton with Glazebrook (which until 1.4.1969 formed part of the parish of Irlam) from Barton registration district.
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Rixton with Glazebrook (which until 1.4.1969 formed part of the parish of Golborne) from Leigh registration district.

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