Newport Registration District

NEWPORT REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.1935 (incorporated into Wellington, Stafford and Cannock registration districts).
Sub-districts : Gnosall, Newport.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6a (1852–1935).
Registers now held by : Telford & Wrekin and Staffordshire (Stafford).

Table 1: List of Places in Newport Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Adbaston	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Cherrington	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Chetwynd	Shropshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Chetwynd Urban and Chetwynd Rural. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Chetwynd	Shropshire	1934	1935	Created 1.4.1934 by renaming the parish of Chetwynd Rural. See also Table 2, note (h).
Chetwynd Aston	Shropshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Chetwynd Aston Urban and Chetwynd Aston Rural.
Chetwynd Aston	Shropshire	1934	1935	Created 1.4.1934 by renamng the parish of Chetwynd Aston Rural. See also Table 2, note (h).
Chetwynd Aston Rural	Shropshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Chetwynd Aston. Abolished 1.4.1934 and renamed Chetwynd Aston.
Chetwynd Aston Urban	Shropshire	1894	1896	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Chetwynd Aston in Newport Urban District. Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Newport.
Chetwynd Rural	Shropshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Chetwynd. Abolished 1.4.1934 and renamed Chetwynd.
Chetwynd Urban	Shropshire	1894	1896	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Chetwynd in Newport Urban District. Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Newport.
Church Aston	Shropshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Church Aston Urban and Church Aston Rural.
Church Aston	Shropshire	1934	1935	Created 1.4.1934 by renaming the parish of Church Aston Rural. See also Table 2, note (h).
Church Aston Rural	Shropshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Church Aston. Abolished 1.4.1934 and renamed Church Aston.
Church Aston Urban	Shropshire	1894	1896	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Church Aston in Newport Urban District. Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Newport.
Edgmond	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Forton	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Gnosall	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g).
High Offley	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Lilleshall	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Longford	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Newport	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Norbury	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
St. Georges	Shropshire	1898	1934	Created 1.4.1898 out of the parish of Lilleshall. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated ino the parish of Oakengates. See also Table 2, note (i).
Tibberton	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Weston Jones	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of Norbury, High Offley, and Adbaston.
Woodcote	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Newport Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
27.9.1880	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Chetwynd, including Pixley (which became part of the parish of Hinstock on 27.9.1880) to Market Drayton registration district.	7 in 1881
25.3.1883	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Chetwynd (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Cheswardine, including part of Sambrook) from Market Drayton registration district.	7 in 1891
25.3.1885	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Gnosall (which became part of the parish of Haughton on 25.3.1885) to Stafford registration district.	0 in 1891
25.3.1885	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Gnosall, comprising Allston and part of Apeton (which became part of the parish of Bradley on 25.3.1885) to Stafford registration district.	32 in 1891
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Gnosall (which became part of the parish of Blymhill on 1.4.1934) to Cannock registration district.	56 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parishes of Adbaston, Forton, Gnosall, High Offley, and Norbury, to Stafford registration district.	4080 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Gnosall (which became part of the parish of Church Eaton on 1.4.1934) to Stafford registration district.	6 in 1931
	(h)	Lost the parishes of Cherrington, Chetwynd, Chetwynd Aston, Church Aston, Edgmond, Lilleshall, Longford, Newport, Tibberton, and Woodcote, to Wellington registration district.	8935 in 1931
	(i)	Lost the parish of St. Georges (which became part of the parish of Oakengates on 1.4.1934) to Wellington registration district.	163 in 1931

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