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List of Districts |
Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 31.3.1848 (out of Ashton &
Oldham registration district).
Sub-districts : Boundary Park, Chadderton, Crompton, Crompton & Royton, Middleton, Oldham, Oldham Above Town, Oldham Below Town, Oldham Central, Oldham East, Oldham
First, Oldham Second, Oldham South, Oldham Third, Royton.
GRO volumes : XX (1848–51), 8d (1852–1946), 10F (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Oldham and Rochdale.
Table 1: List of Places in Oldham Registration District
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Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
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Alkrington |
1848 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Middleton. See also Table 2, note (a). |
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Chadderton |
1848 |
1933 |
See Table 2, notes (a), (e) and (f). |
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Crompton |
1848 |
1933 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (f). |
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Middleton |
1848 |
1933 |
See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f). |
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Oldham |
1848 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (h). |
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Royton |
1848 |
1933 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (f). |
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Thornham |
1848 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Royton, Castleton by Rochdale, and Middleton. See also Table 2, notea (a) and (d). |
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Tonge |
1848 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Middleton. See also Table 2, note (a). |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Oldham Registration District
Date of Change | Note | Description of Change | Population transferred |
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31.3.1848 |
(a) | Gained the townships of Alkrington, Chadderton, Crompton, Middleton, Oldham, Royton, Thornham, and Tonge, from Ashton & Oldham registration district. |
72408 in 1841 |
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1.7.1895 |
(b) | Gained part of the parish of Middleton (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Hopwood) from Bury registration district. |
684 in 1891 |
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(c) | Gained parts of the parish of Middleton (which until 1894 formed parts of the parishes of Great Heaton and Little Heaton) from Prestwich registration district. |
312 in 1891 |
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(d) | Lost part of the parish of Thornham (which became part of the parish of Castleton by Rochdale in 1894) to Rochdale registration district. |
681 in 1891 |
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1.10.1933 |
(e) | Lost part of the parish of Manchester (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Chadderton and Middleton) to Manchester North registration district. |
4 in 1931 |
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(f) | Lost the parishes of Chadderton, Crompton, Middleton, and Royton, to Middleton registration district. |
88087 in 1931 |
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1.4.1951 |
(g) | Gained parts of the parish of Oldham (which until 1.4.1951 formed parts of the parishes of Alt, Bardsley, and Woodhouses) from Ashton registration district. |
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1.4.1954 |
(h) | Gained parts of the parish of Oldham (which until 1.4.1954 formed parts of the parishes of Alt, Bardsley, and Woodhouses) from Ashton registration district. |
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