Stockport Registration District

STOCKPORT REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Bredbury, Cheadle, Hazel Grove, Heaton Norris, Hyde, Marple, Newton, Stockport First, Stockport Second, Stockport Third.
GRO volumes : XIX (1837–51), 8a (1852–1946), 10A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Stockport, Tameside and Cheshire East (Macclesfield).

Table 1: List of Places in Stockport Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bosden	Cheshire	1877	1900	Created 17.12.1877 out of the parish of Handforth cum Bosden. Abolished 30.9.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Hazel Grove and Bramhall.
Bramhall	Cheshire	1837	1900	Abolished 30.9.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Hazel Grove and Bramhall.
Bredbury	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley and Marple.
Bredbury & Romiley	Cheshire	1936	1937	Created 1.4.1936 out of the parishes of Bredbury, Romiley, Compstall, Hyde, and Marple. See also Table 2, note (g).
Brinnington	Cheshire	1837	1902	Abolished 30.9.1902 and incorporated into the parish of Bredbury.
Cheadle	Cheshire	1879	1930	Created 3.5.1879 from the parishes of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley. Abolished 31.3.1930 and incorporated into the parish of Cheadle & Gatley.
Cheadle & Gatley	Cheshire	1930	1937	Created 31.3.1930 from the parishes of Cheadle and Stockport Etchells. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Cheadle Bulkeley	Cheshire	1837	1879	Abolished 3.5.1879 and incorporated into the parish of Cheadle.
Cheadle Moseley	Cheshire	1837	1879	Abolished 3.5.1879 and incorporated into the parish of Cheadle.
Compstall	Cheshire	1897	1936	Created 30.9.1897 by renaming the parish of Werneth. Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley and Hyde.
Godley	Cheshire	1923	1923	Abolished 1.10.1923 and incorporated into the parish of Hyde. See also Table 2, note (b).
Handforth	Cheshire	1877	1936	Created 17.12.1877 out of the parish of Handforth cum Bosden. Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Wilmslow and Cheadle & Gatley. See also Table 2, note (d).
Handforth cum Bosden	Cheshire	1837	1877	Abolished 17.12.1877 and divided into the separate parishes of Handforth and Bosden.
Hazel Grove & Bramhall	Cheshire	1900	1937	Created 30.9.1900 from the parishes of Bramhall, Bosden, Norbury, Offerton, and Torkington. See also Table 2, note (g).
Heaton Norris	Lancashire	1837	1894	In 1889 the part of the parish of Heaton Norris in Stockport County Borough became part of Cheshire, in 1894 this area became part of the parish of Stockport, so that thereafter Heaton Norris was again wholly in Lancashire, until 9.11.1913 when it was transferred from Lancashire to Cheshire. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Stockport. See also Table 2, note (a).
	Lancashire and Cheshire	1889	1894
	Lancashire	1894	1913
	Cheshire	1913	1935
Hyde	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (e) and (f).
Marple	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (g).
Newton	Cheshire	1923	1923	Abolished 1.10.1923 and incorporated into the parish of Hyde. See also Table 2, note (b).
Norbury	Cheshire	1837	1900	Abolished 30.9.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Hazel Grove and Bramhall.
Offerton	Cheshire	1837	1900	Abolished 30.9.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Hazel Grove and Bramhall.
Reddish	Lancashire	1837	1901	Transferred from Lancashire to Cheshire on 9.11.1901. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Stockport.
Reddish	Cheshire	1901	1935
Romiley	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley and Marple.
Stockport	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (h), (i) and (j).
Stockport Etchells	Cheshire	1837	1930	Abolished 31.3.1930 and incorporated into the parish of Cheadle & Gatley.
Torkington	Cheshire	1837	1900	Abolished 30.9.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Hazel Grove and Bramhall.
Werneth	Cheshire	1837	1897	Abolished 30.9.1897 and renamed Compstall.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Stockport Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
9.11.1913	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Heaton Norris (which became part of the parish of South Manchester on 9.11.1913) to Chorlton registration district.	52 in 1911
1.7.1923	(b)	Gained the parishes of Godley and Hyde from Ashton under Lyne registration district.	9450 in 1921
1.4.1937	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Cheadle & Gatley (which became part of the parish of Wilmslow on 1.4.1937) to Bucklow registration district.	31 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Handforth (which became part of the parish of Wilmslow on 1.4.1937) to Bucklow registration district.	938 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the parish of Hyde to Hyde registration district.	32100 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Hyde (which became part of the parish of Dukinfield on 1.4.1936) to Hyde registration district.	16 in 1931
	(g)	Lost the parishes of Bredbury & Romiley, Cheadle & Gatley, Hazel Grove & Bramhall, and Marple, to North East Cheshire registration district.	50052 in 1931
1.5.1937	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Stockport (which became part of the parish of Denton on 1.4.1937) to Ashton registration district.
1.5.1937	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Stockport (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Denton) from Ashton registration district.	0 in 1931
1.4.1952	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Stockport (which until 1.4.1952 formed part of the parish of Bredbury & Romiley) from North East Cheshire registration district.

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