Tynemouth Registration District

TYNEMOUTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Northumberland.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of North Tyneside East registration district).
Sub-districts : Blyth, Cramlington, Earsdon, Longbenton, North Shields, Tynemouth, Tynemouth First, Tynemouth Second, Wallsend, Whitley
GRO volumes : XXV (1837–51), 10b (1852–1946), 1B (1946–74).
Registers currently held at : North Tyneside, Northumberland (Morpeth) and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Table 1: List of Places in Tynemouth Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Backworth	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Seaton Valley.
Bebside	Northumberland	1837	1920	Abolished 1.4.1920 to become part of the parish of Blyth.
Blyth	Northumberland	1920	1936	Created 1.4.1920 from the parishes of Cowpen, Newsham & South Blyth, Horton, and Bebside. See also Table 2, note (c).
Burradon	Northumberland	1837	1912	Abolished 1.4.1912 to become part of the parish of Longbenton.
Camperdown	Northumberland	1899	1912	Created 1.4.1899 out of the parishes of Weetslade and Longbenton. Abolished 1.4.1912 to become part of the parish of Longbenton.
Chirton	Northumberland	1837	1908	Abolished 1.4.1908 to become part of the parish of Tynemouth.
Cowpen	Northumberland	1837	1920	Abolished 1.4.1920 to become part of the parish of Blyth.
Cramlington	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Seaton Valley.
Cullercoats	Northumberland	1837	1908	Abolished 1.4.1908 to become part of the parish of Tynemouth.
Earsdon	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Seaton Valley, Whitley & Monkseaton, and Tynemouth.
East Hartford	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Seaton Valley.
Hartley	Northumberland	1837	1912	Abolished 1.4.1912 to become parts of the parishes of Seaton Delavel and Monkseaton.
Holywell	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Seaton Valley.
Horton	Northumberland	1837	1920	Abolished 1.4.1920 to become part of the parish of Blyth.
Longbenton	Northumberland	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Monkseaton	Northumberland	1837	1913	Abolished 1.4.1913 to become part of the parish of Whitley & Monkseaton.
Murton	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Tynemouth, Whitley & Monkseaton, and Seaton Valley.
Newsham & South Blyth	Northumberland	1837	1920	Abolished 1.4.1920 to become part of the parish of Blyth.
North Shields	Northumberland	1837	1908	Abolished 1.4.1908 to become part of the parish of Tynemouth.
Preston	Northumberland	1837	1908	Abolished 1.4.1908 to become part of the parish of Tynemouth.
Seaton Delaval	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Seaton Valley, Whitley & Monkseaton, and Blyth.
Seaton Valley	Northumberland	1935	1935	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Cramlington, Earsdon, Seaton Delavel, Backworth, Holywell, Seghill, East Hartford, West Hartford, Tynemouth, and Murton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Seghill	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Seaton Valley
Tynemouth	Northumberland	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area.
Walker	Northumberland	1894	1936	Created 30.9.1894 from the part of the parish of Longebenton in Walker Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Wallsend	Northumberland	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (c).
Weetslade	Northumberland	1894	1935	Created 30.9.1894 from the part of the parish of Longebenton in Weetslade Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Longbenton.
West Hartford	Northumberland	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Seaton Valley.
Whitley	Northumberland	1837	1913	Abolished 1.4.1913 to become part of the parish of Whitley & Monkseaton.
Whitley & Monkseaton	Northumberland	1913	1936	Created 1.4.1913 from the separate parishes of Whitley and Monkseaton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Willington	Northumberland	1894	1910	Created 30.9.1894 from the rural part of the parish of Wallsend. Abolished 9.11.1910 to become part of the parish of Wallsend.
Willington Quay	Northumberland	1894	1910	Created 30.9.1894 from the part of the parish of Wallsend in Willington Quay Urban District. Abolished 9.11.1910 to become part of the parish of Wallsend.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Tynemouth Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1936	(a)	Lost the parish of Walker to Newcastle upon Tyne registration district.	27100 in 1931
1.1.1936	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Longbenton (which became part of the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne on 1.4.1935) to Newcastle upon Tyne registration district.	1134 in 1931
1.10.1936	(c)	Lost the parishes of Blyth, Longbenton, Seaton Valley, Wallsend, and Whitley & Monkseaton, to Northumberland South registration district.	151437 in 1931
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the constituent parish of Tynemouth (which was transferred from Northumberland to the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974) to North Tyneside East registration district.

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