Oswestry Registration District

OSWESTRY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.9.2005 (added to Shropshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Ellesmere; Knockin; Llansilin; Oswestry; St. Martin's.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51); 6a (1852–1946); 9A (1946–74); 30 (1974–92).
District number : 178b (1841–46); 361 (1847–69); 353 (1870–80); 352 (1881–1908); 350 (1909–46); 438 (1946–74); 714 (1974–2005).

Table 1: List of Places in Oswestry Registration District

Civil Parish (* or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Baschurch	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Chirk	Denbighshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Cockshutt	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Ellesmere Rural	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Ellesmere Urban	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Great Ness	Shropshire	1935	1967	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Hordley	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Kinnerley	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Knockin	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (i).
Little Ness	Shropshire	1935	1967	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Llansilin	Denbighshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Llanyblodwel	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (i).
Llanymynech	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and added to the parish of Llanynynech & Pant.
Llanymynech & Pant	Shropshire	1967	2005	Created 1.4.1967 out of the parishes of Llanymynech and Oswestry Rural. See also Table 2, note (i).
Lyneal & Welshampton	Shropshire	1988	2005	Created 1.4.1988 out of the parishes of Ellesmere Rual and Welshampton. Renamed 30.8.1988 to become the parish of Welshampton & Lyneal.
Melverley	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (d) and (i).
Myddle	Shropshire	1935	1988	Abolished 1.4.1988 and divided between the parishes of Myddle & Broughton and Wem Rural. See also Table 2, notes (e) and (h).
Oswestry	Shropshire	1967	2005	Created 1.4.1967 by renaming the parish of Oswestry Urban. See also Table 2, note (i).
Oswestry Rural	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (i).
Oswestry Town	Shropshire	1837	1894	Renamed 1894 to become the parish of Oswestry Urban.
Oswestry Urban	Shropshire	1894	1967	Created 1894 by renaming the parish of Oswestry Town. Renamed 1.4.1967 to become the parish of Oswestry.
Petton	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Ruyton XI Towns	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (i).
St. Martin's	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (i).
Selattyn	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and added to the parisehs of Selattyn & Gobowen and Whittington.
Selattyn & Gobowen	Shropshire	1967	2005	Created 1.4.1967 out of the parishes of Selattyn, Whittington and Ellesmere Rural. See also Table 2, note (i).
Sychtyn	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and added to the parish of Oswestry Rural.
Welshampton	Shropshire	1935	1988	Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Lyneal & Welshampton. See also Table 2, note (e).
Welshampton & Lyneal	Shropshire	1988	2005	Created 30.8.1988 by renaming the parish of Lyneal & Welshampton. See also Table 2, note (i).
West Felton	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (i).
Weston Rhyn	Shropshire	1897	2005	Created 1.10.1897 out of the parish of St. Martin's. See also Table 2, note (i).
Whittington	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Oswestry Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Llansilin (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Llangadwaladr) from Llanfyllin registration district.	60 in 1891
25.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Whittington (which was added to the parish of Ellesmere on 25.3.1883) to Ellesmere registration district.	25 in 1891
1.4.1926	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Kinnerley (which until 1.4.1926 formed part of the parish of Melverley) from Atcham registration district.	0 in 1921
1.10.1935	(d)	Gained the parish of Melverley from Atcham registration district.	173 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Baschurch, Cockshutt, Ellesmere Rural, Ellesmere Urban, Great Ness, Hordley, Little Ness, Myddle, Petton and Welshampton, from Ellesmere registration district.	8556 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parishes of Chirk and Llansilin to Wrexham registration district.	4036 in 1931
1.4.1967	(g)	Lost the parishes of Great Ness and Little Ness to Shrewsbury registration district.	973 in 1961
1.4.1988	(h)	Lost the parish of Myddle (which became parts of the parishes of Myddle & Broughton and Wem Rural on 1.4.1988) to North Shropshire registration district.	n/a
1.9.2005 (abolished)	(i)	Lost the parishes of Baschurch, Cockshutt, Ellesmere Rural, Ellesmere Urban, Hordley, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Llanymynech & Pant, Melverley, Oswestry, Oswestry Rural, Petton, Ruyton XI Towns, Selattyn & Gobowen, St. Martin's, Welshampton & Lyneal, West Felton, Weston Rhyn and Whittington, to Shropshire registration district.	46917 in 2001

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