Clun Registration District

CLUN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Bishops Castle, Bishops Castle & Clun, Clun, Lydbury, Norbury.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6a (1852–1946), 9A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Shropshire and Powys.

Table 1: List of Places in Clun Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bedstone	Shropshire	1933	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Bettws y Crwyn	Shropshire	1933	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Bishops Castle	Shropshire	1884	1894	Created 24.3.1884 out of the parishes of Bishops Castle In and Bishops Castle Out. Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Bishops Castle Urban and Bishops Castle Rural.
Bishops Castle	Shropshire	1967	1974	Created 1.4.1967 by renaming the parish of Bishops Castle Urban.
Bishops Castle In	Shropshire	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Bishops Castle.
Bishops Castle Out	Shropshire	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Bishops Castle.
Bishops Castle Rural	Shropshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Bishops Castle. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of Colebatch and Lydham.
Bishops Castle Urban	Shropshire	1894	1967	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Bishops Castle in Bishops Castle Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1967 and renamed Bishops Castle.
Brompton & Rhiston	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Bucknell	Shropshire	1933	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Chirbury	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Clun	Shropshire	1837	1974
Clunbury	Shropshire	1837	1974
Clungunford	Shropshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Colebatch	Shropshire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parish of Bishops Castle Rural.
Dinmore	Shropshire	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Lydbury North.
Edgton	Shropshire	1837	1974
Hill End	Shropshire	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Lydbury North.
Hopesay	Shropshire	1837	1974
Hopton Castle	Shropshire	1837	1974
Horderley Hall	Shropshire	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Edgton.
Hyssington	Montgomeryshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Churchstoke. See also Table 2, note (d).
Llanfair Waterdine	Shropshire	1933	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Lydbury North	Shropshire	1837	1974
Lydham	Shropshire	1837	1974
Mainstone	Shropshire	1837	1974
More	Shropshire	1837	1974
Myndtown	Shropshire	1837	1974
Norbury	Shropshire	1837	1974
Old Church Moor	Shropshire	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Lydbury North.
Ratlinghope	Shropshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Shelve	Shropshire	1837	1974
Snead	Montgomeryshire and Shropshire	1837	1884	On 24.3.1884 the Shropshire part of the parish of Snead became part of the parish of Lydham, so that thereafter Snead was wholly in Montgomeryshire. Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Churchstoke. See also Table 2, note (d).
Snead	Montgomeryshire	1884	1933
Stow	Shropshire	1933	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Wentnor	Shropshire	1837	1974
Worthen	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (c), (g) and (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Clun Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1933	(a)	Gained the parishes of Bedstone, Bettws y Crwyn, Bucknell, Llanfair Waterdine, and Stow, from Knighton registration district.	1563 in 1931
1.10.1935	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Worthen (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Minsterley) from Atcham registration district.	106 in 1931
	(c)	Gained the parishes of Brompton & Rhiston, Chirbury, and Worthen, from Forden registration district.	3059 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the parishes of Hyssington and Snead (which became parts of the parish of Churchstoke on 1.4.1933) to Forden registration district.	270 in 1931
1.4.1967	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Clungunford (which became part of the parish of Onibury on 1.4.1967) to Ludlow registration district.
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Ratlinghope (which became part of the parish of Pontesbury on 1.4.1967) to Shrewsbury registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Worthen (which became part of the parish of Pontesbury on 1.4.1967) to Shrewsbury registration district.
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Worthen (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Minsterley) from Shrewsbury registration district.

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