Ashton under Lyne Registration District

ASHTON UNDER LYNE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 31.3.1848 (out of Ashton & Oldham registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1937 (to become part of Ashton and Hyde registration districts).
Sub-districts : Ashton Town, Audenshaw, Denton, Dukinfield, Hartshead, Knott Lanes, Lees, Mossley, Mottram, Newton, Royton, Stalybridge, Stayley
GRO volumes : XX (1848–51), 8d (1852–1937).
Registers now held by : Tameside, High Peak and Oldham.

Table 1: List of Places in Ashton under Lyne Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alt	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the parish of Ashton under Lyne. See also Table 2, note (j).
Ashton under Lyne	Lancashire	1848	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Ashton under Lyne in the borough of Stalybridge was transferred from Lancashire to Cheshire, in 1894 this area became part of the parish of Stalybridge, so that thereafter Ashton under Lyne was again wholly in Lancashire. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
	Lancashire and Cheshire	1889	1894
	Lancashire	1894	1937
Audenshaw	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the part of the parish of Ashton under Lyne in Audenshaw Urban District. See also Table 2, note (j).
Bardsley	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the parish of Ashton under Lyne. See also Table 2, note (j).
Clayton	Lancashire	1894	1895	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Droylsden in Manchester County Borough. See also Table 2, note (c).
Crossbank	Lancashire	1894	1914	Created 1894 out of the parish of Ashton under Lyne. Abolished 1.4.1914 to become part of the parish of Lees.
Denton	Lancashire	1848	1937	See Table 2, notes (a), (f) and (i).
Droylsden	Lancashire	1848	1937	See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (g), (i) and (j).
Dukinfield	Cheshire	1848	1937	See Table 2, notes (a), (k) and (l).
Failsworth	Lancashire	1936	1937	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Godley	Cheshire	1848	1923	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Hartshead	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the parish of Ashton under Lyne. See also Table 2, note (j).
Hattersley	Cheshire	1848	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Longdendale and Hyde. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (m).
Haughton	Lancashire	1848	1894	Abolished 1894 to become part of the parish of Denton. See also Table 2, note (a).
Hollingworth	Cheshire	1848	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of the parish of Longdendale. See also Table 2, note (a).
Hurst	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the part of the parish of Ashton under Lyne in Hurst Urban District. See also Table 2, note (j).
Lees	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the part of the parish of Ashton under Lyne in Lees Urban District. See also Table 2, note (j).
Little Moss	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the parish of Ashton under Lyne. See also Table 2, note (j).
Longdendale	Cheshire	1936	1937	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Mottram, Hollingworth, Hattersley, and Matley. See also Table 2, note (k).
Matley	Cheshire	1848	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Stalybridge, Hyde, Dukinfield, and Longdendale. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (n).
Mossley	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the parts of the parishes of Ashton under Lyne, Saddleworth, Tintwistle, and Stayley, in Mossley Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Mottram	Cheshire	1848	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of the parish of Longdendale. See also Table 2, note (a).
Newton	Cheshire	1848	1923	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Stalybridge	Cheshire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the parts of the parishes of Dukinfield, Stayley, and Ashton under Lyne, in Stalybridge Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, note (k).
Stayley	Cheshire	1848	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Stayley in the borough of Mossley became part of Lancashire. Abolished in 1894 to become parts of the parishes of Stalybridge and Mossley. See also Table 2, note (a).
Stayley	Cheshire and Lancashire	1889	1894
Tintwistle	Cheshire	1848	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Tintwisttle in the borough of Mossley became part of Lancashire, in 1894 this area became part of the parish of Mossley, so that thereafter Tintwistle was again wholly in Cheshire. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
	Cheshire and Lancashire	1889	1894
	Cheshire	1894	1937
Waterloo	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the parish of Ashton under Lyne. See also Table 2, note (j).
Woodhouses	Lancashire	1894	1937	Created 1894 out of the parish of Ashton under Lyne. See also Table 2, note (j).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Ashton under Lyne Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
31.3.1848 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes townships of Ashton under Lyne, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Godley, Hattersley, Haughton, Hollingworth, Matley, Mottram, Newton, Stayley, and Tintwistle, from Ashton & Oldham registration district.	101605 in 1841
24.3.1889	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Droylsden, including Little Droylsden (which became part of the parish of Openshaw on 24.3.1889) to Chorlton registration district.	162 in 1891
1.7.1895	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Clayton to Prestwich registration district.	3328 in 1891
1.7.1895	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Mossley (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Saddleworth) from Saddleworth registration district.	4224 in 1891
1.7.1923	(e)	Lost the parishes of Godley and Hyde to Stockport registration district.	9450 in 1921
1.4.1936	(f)	Gained the parish of Failsworth from Manchester North registration district.	15712 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Droylsden (which became part of the parish of Manchester on 1.4.1936) from Manchester South registration district.	146 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Denton (which became part of the parish of Manchester on 1.4.1933) to Manchester South registration district.	0 in 1931
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Droylsden (which became part of the parish of Manchester on 1.4.1933) to Manchester South registration district.	80 in 1931
1.4.1937 (abolished)	(j)	Lost the parishes of Alt, Ashton under Lyne, Audenshaw, Bardsley, Denton, Droylsden, Failsworth, Hartshead, Hurst, Lees, Little Moss, Mossley, Waterloo, and Woodhouses, to Ashton registration district.	132008 in 1931
	(k)	Lost the parishes of Dukinfield, Longdendale, Stalybridge, and Tintwistle, to Hyde registration district.	50884 in 1931
	(l)	Lost part of the parish of Dukinfield (which became part of the parish of Hyde on 1.4.1936) to Hyde registration district.	17 in 1931
	(m)	Lost part of the parish of Hattersley (which became part of the parish of Hyde on 1.4.1936) to Hyde registration district.	99 in 1931
	(n)	Lost part of the parish of Matley (which became part of the parish of Hyde on 1.4.1936) to Hyde registration district.	97 in 1931

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