Prestwich Registration District

PRESTWICH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.10.1874 (out of Manchester registration district).
Abolished 1.1.1925 (incorporated into Manchester North registration district).
Sub-districts : Blackley, Bradford, Cheetham, Failsworth, Newton, Newton Heath, Prestwich.
GRO volumes : 8d (1874–1924).
Registers now held by : Manchester, Oldham, Bury and Bolton.

Table 1: List of Places in Prestwich Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Beswick	Lancashire	1874	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Blackley	Lancashire	1874	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Bradford	Lancashire	1874	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Cheetham	Lancashire	1874	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Clayton	Lancashire	1895	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Crumpsall	Lancashire	1874	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Failsworth	Lancashire	1874	1924	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Great Heaton	Lancashire	1874	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Middleton and Prestwich. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c)
Harpurhey	Lancashire	1874	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Little Heaton	Lancashire	1874	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Middleton and Prestwich. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (d)
Manchester	Lancashire	1916	1924	Only those parts of the parish of Manchester not included in Manchester and Chorlton registration districts (which until 1.4.1916 formed the parish of North Manchester). See also Table 2, note (e).
Moston	Lancashire	1874	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Newton	Lancashire	1874	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of North Manchester. See also Table 2, note (a).
North Manchester	Lancashire	1896	1916	Created 26.3.1896 out of the parishes of Newton, Cheetham, Bradford, Harpurhey, Crumpsall, Moston, Beswick, Blackley, and Clayton. Abolished 1.4.1916 and incorporated into the parish of Manchester.
Prestwich	Lancashire	1874	1924	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Prestwich Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1874 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Beswick, Blackley, Bradford, Cheetham, Crumpsall, Failsworth, Great Heaton, Harpurhey, Little Heaton, Moston, Newton, and Prestwich, from Manchester registration district.	77968 in 1871
1.7.1895	(b)	Gained the parish of Clayton from Ashton under Lyne registration district.	3328 in 1891
	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Great Heaton (which became part of the parish of Middleton in 1894) to Oldham registration district.	312 in 1891
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Little Heaton (which became part of the parish of Middleton in 1894) to Oldham registration district.	540 in 1891
1.1.1925 (abolished)	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Manchester (which until 1.4.1916 formed the parish of North Manchester) to Manchester North registration district.	211488 in 1921
1.1.1925 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the parishes of Failsworth and Prestwich to Manchester North registration district.	35723 in 1921

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