Rowley Regis Registration District

ROWLEY REGIS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire.
Created : 1.4.1935 (out of Dudley registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1966 (incorporated into Dudley, Warley West, Wolverhampton, Seisdon, West Bromwich, Stourbridge, and Walsall registration districts).
Sub-districts : Kingswinford, Rowley Regis, Sedgley
GRO volumes : 6b (1935–46), 9B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Dudley, Staffordshire (Cannock), Walsall and Sandwell.

Table 1: List of Places in Rowley Regis Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Amblecote	Staffordshire	1937	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Stourbridge and Dudley. See also Table 2, notes (b), (e) and (h).
Brierley Hill	Staffordshire	1937	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Dudley, Stourbridge, and Warley. See also Table 2, notes (b), (e), (h) and (k).
Coseley	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Dudley, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, and Walsall. See also Table 2, notes (b), (e), (j), (l) and (m).
Kingswinford	Staffordshire	1937	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Dudley, Warley, Stourbridge, Himley, and Kinver. See also Table 2, notes (b), (f) and (h).
Quarry Bank	Staffordshire	1937	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Dudley and Warley. See also Table 2, note (b).
Rowley Regis	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Warley, West Bromwich, Dudley, and Halesowen. See also Table 2, notes (b), (e), (i), (k) and (l).
Sedgley	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated intot the parishes of Dudley, Himley, and Wolverhampton. See also Table 2, notes (b), (e), (g) and (m).
Tipton	Staffordshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Rowley Regis Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1935 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Coseley, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, and Tipton, from Dudley registration district.	121448 in 1931
1.4.1937	(b)	Gained the parishes of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, and Quarry Bank from Kingswinford registration district.	47770 in 1931
1.4.1937	(c)	Lost the parish of Tipton to Wednesbury registration district.	35814 in 1931
1.4.1954	(d)	Lost parts of the parishes of Brierley Hill, Coseley, Rowley Regis, and Sedgley (which became parts of the parish of Dudley on 1.4.1954) to Dudley registration district.
1.4.1966 (abolished)	(e)	Lost parts of the parishes of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Coseley, Rowley Regis, and Sedgley (which became parts of the parish of Dudley on 1.4.1966) to Dudley registration district.
	(f)	Lost parts of the parish of Kingswinford (which became parts of the parishes of Himley and Kinver on 1.4.1966) to Seisdon registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Sedgley (which became part of the parish of Himley on 1.4.1966) to Seisdon registration district.
	(h)	Lost parts of the parishes of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, and Kingswinford (which became parts of the parish of Stourbridge on 1.4.1966) to Stourbridge registration district.
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Rowley Regis (which became part of the parish of Halesowen on 1.4.1966) to Stourbridge registration district.
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Coseley (which became part of the parish of Walsall on 1.4.1966) to Walsall registration district.
	(k)	Lost parts of the parishes of Brierley Hill and Rowley Regis (which became parts of the parish of Warley on 1.4.1966) to Warley West registration district.
	(l)	Lost parts of the parishes of Coseley and Rowley Regis (which became parts of the parish of West Bromwich on 1.4.1966) to West Bromwich registration district.
	(m)	Lost parts of the parishes of Coseley and Sedgley (which became parts of the parish of Wolverhampton on 1.4.1966) to Wolverhampton registration district.

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