Blackburn Registration District

BLACKBURN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Billington, Blackburn, Blackburn East, Blackburn Northern, Blackburn Southern, Blackburn South Eastern, Blackburn South Western, Blackburn West, Blackburn Western, Darwen, Darwen & Turton, Harwood, Mellor, Oswaldtwistle, Witton.
GRO volumes : XXI (1837–51), 8e (1852–1946), 10B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire.

Table 1: List of Places in Blackburn Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Balderstone	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Billington	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Blackburn	Lancashire	1837	1974
Church	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Clayton le Dale	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Clayton le Moors	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Darwen	Lancashire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the parts of the parishes of Over Darwen, Lower Darwen, and Eccleshill, in Darwen Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, note (a).
Dinckley	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Eccleshill	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Great Harwood	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Little Harwood	Lancashire	1837	1893	Abolished 25.3.1893 and incorporated into the parish of Blackburn.
Livesey	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Lower Darwen	Lancashire	1837	1893	Abolished 25.3.1893 and incorporated into the parishes of Blackburn and Darwen.
Mellor	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Osbaldeston	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Oswaldtwistle	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Over Darwen	Lancashire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Darwen.
Pleasington	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Ramsgreave	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Rishton	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Salesbury	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Tockholes	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Wilpshire	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Witton	Lancashire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Blackburn.
Yate & Pickup Bank	Lancashire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Blackburn Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1937	(a)	Lost the parishes of Balderstone, Billington, Church, Clayton le Dale, Clayton le Moors, Darwen, Dinckley, Dutton, Eccleshill, Great Harwood, Livesey, Mellor, Osbaldeston, Oswaldtwistle, Pleasington, Ramsgreave, Rishton, Salesbury, Tockholes, Wilpshire, and Yate & Pickup Bank, to Darwen registration district.	94884 in 1931

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