Salford Registration District

SALFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire (1837–1974), Greater Manchester (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Broughton, Greengate, Hope, Pendleton, Regent Road, Salford, Salford North, Salford South West.
GRO volumes : XX (1837–51), 8d (1852–1946), 10F (1946–74), 39 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Salford.

Table 1A: List of Places in Salford Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Barton upon Irwell	Lancashire	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Broughton	Lancashire	1837	1919	Abolished 1.4.1919 to become part of the parish of Salford.
Clifton	Lancashire	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Flixton	Lancashire	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Pendlebury	Lancashire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Swinton & Pendlebury. See also Table 2, note (d).
Pendleton	Lancashire	1837	1919	Abolished 1.4.1919 to become part of the parish of Salford. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Salford	Lancashire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (e).
Urmston	Lancashire	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Worsley	Lancashire	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 1B: List of Places in Salford Registration District (from 1974)

All areas in Salford registration district became part of the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.

Unparished Area	County	From	To	Comments
Eccles	Greater Manchester	1980		Unparished area which 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Eccles. See also Table 2, note (f).
Irlam	Greater Manchester	1980		Unparished area which 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Irlam. See also Table 2, note (f).
Salford	Greater Manchester	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Salford.
Swinton & Pendlebury	Greater Manchester	1980		Unparished area which 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Swinton & Pendlebury. See also Table 2, note (f).
Worsley	Greater Manchester	1980		Unparished area which 1.4.1974 formed the urban district of Worsley and the parishes of Little Hulton and Worsley. See also Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Salford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
17.12.1838	(a)	Lost the parishes of Barton upon Irwell, Clifton, Flixton, Urmston, and Worsley, to create Barton, Worsley & Flixton registration district.	22792 in 1841
1.7.1900	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Pendleton (which became part of the parish of Barton upon Irwell on 1.6.1892, and then part of the parish of Davyhulme in 1894) to Barton upon Irwell registration district.	0 in 1891
1.7.1900	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Pendleton (which until 1.6.1892 formed part of the parish of Barton upon Irwell) from Barton upon Irwell registration district.	0 in 1891
1.10.1934	(d)	Lost the parish of Pendlebury (which became part of the parish of Swinton & Pendlebury on 1.4.1933) to Barton registration district.	9335 in 1931
1.4.1961	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Salford (which until 1.4.1961 formed part of the parish of Eccles) from Barton registration district.
1.4.1980	(f)	Gained the unparished areas of Eccles, Irlam, Swinton & Pendlebury, and Worsley, from Barton registration district.

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