Wirral Registration District

WIRRAL REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Wirrall in early listings).
Sub-districts : Bebington, Birkenhead, Clatterbridge, Eastham, East Wirral, Neston, Wallasey, West Wirral, Woodchurch.
GRO volumes : XIX (1837–51), 8a (1852–1946), 10A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Wirral and Cheshire West & Chester.

Table 1: List of Places in Wirral Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Arrowe	Cheshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Birkenhead and Irby. See also Table 2, note (h).
Barnston	Cheshire	1837	1974
Bebington cum Bromborough	Cheshire	1922	1974	Created 1.4.1922 from the parishes of Lower Bebington, Bromborough, and Higher Bebington.
Bidston cum Ford	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Birkenhead	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Brimstage	Cheshire	1837	1974
Bromborough	Cheshire	1837	1922	Abolished 1.4.1922 and incorporated into the parish of Bebington cum Bromborough.
Burton	Cheshire	1837	1974
Caldy	Cheshire	1837	1974
Childer Thornton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (j).
Claughton with Grange	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Eastham	Cheshire	1837	1974
Ellesmere Port	Cheshire	1911	1937	Created 1.4.1911 from the parishes of Whitby, Overpool, and Netherpool. See also Table 2, note (j).
Frankby	Cheshire	1837	1974
Gayton	Cheshire	1837	1974
Grange	Cheshire	1837	1974
Greasby	Cheshire	1837	1974
Great Meolse	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby.
Great Neston	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 30.9.1894 and incorporated into the parish of Neston cum Parkgate.
Great Sutton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (j).
Heswall cum Oldfield	Cheshire	1837	1974
Higher Bebington	Cheshire	1837	1922	Abolished 1.4.1922 and incorporated into the parish of Bebington cum Bromborough. See also Table 2, note (b).
Hoose	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby.
Hooton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (j).
Hoylake cum West Kirby	Cheshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 out of the parishes of West Kirby, Little Meolse, Hoose, Great Meolse, and Grange.
Irby	Cheshire	1837	1974
Landican	Cheshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (g).
Ledsham	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (j).
Leighton	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 30.9.1894 and incorporated into the parish of Neston cum Parkgate.
Liscard	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Little Meolse	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby.
Little Neston	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 30.9.1894 and incorporated into the parish of Neston cum Parkgate.
Little Sutton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (j).
Lower Bebington	Cheshire	1837	1922	Abolished 1.4.1922 and incorporated into the parish of Bebington cum Bromborough. See also Table 2, note (b).
Moreton	Cheshire	1837	1928	Abolished 1.4.1928 and incorporated into the parish of Wallasey. See also Table 2, note (d).
Ness	Cheshire	1837	1974
Neston cum Parkgate	Cheshire	1894	1974	Created 30.9.1894 from the parishes of Great Neston, Little Neston, and Leighton.
Netherpool	Cheshire	1837	1911	Abolished 1.4.1911 and incorporated into the parish of Ellesmere Port.
Newton with Larton	Cheshire	1837	1889	Abolished 24.3.1889 and incorporated into the parish of Grange.
Noctorum	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Overpool	Cheshire	1837	1911	Abolished 1.4.1911 and incorporated into the parish of Ellesmere Port.
Oxton	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Pensby	Cheshire	1837	1974
Poulton cum Seacombe	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Poulton cum Spital	Cheshire	1837	1974
Prenton	Cheshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (g).
Puddington	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (j).
Raby	Cheshire	1837	1974
Rock Ferry	Cheshire	1894	1898	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Higher Bebington in Birkenhead County Borough. Abolished 31.3.1898 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (c).
Saughall Massie	Cheshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Wallasey and Grange. See also Table 2, note (e).
Storeton	Cheshire	1837	1974
Thingwall	Cheshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (g).
Thornton Hough	Cheshire	1837	1974
Thurstaston	Cheshire	1837	1974
Tranmere	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
Upton by Birkenhead	Cheshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Birkenhead and Wallasey. See also Table 2, notes (f) and (i).
Wallasey	Cheshire	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (a).
West Kirby	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby.
Whitby	Cheshire	1837	1911	Abolished 1.4.1911 and incorporated into the parish of Ellesmere Port.
Willaston	Cheshire	1837	1974
Woodchurch	Cheshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (g).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wirral Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
2.7.1861	(a)	Lost the parishes of Bidston cum Ford, Birkenhead, Claughton with Grange, Liscard, Noctorum, Oxton, Poulton cum Seacombe, Tranmere, and Wallasey, to create Birkenhead registration district.	36212 in 1861
1.4.1898	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Lower Bebington (which became part of the parish of Birkenhead on 1.4.1898) to Birkenhead registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1898	(c)	Lost the parish of Rock Ferry (which became part of the parish of Birkenhead on 1.4.1898) to Birkenhead registration district.	2951 in 1891
1.4.1928	(d)	Lost the parish of Moreton (which became part of the parish of Wallasey on 1.4.1928) to Birkenhead registration district.	4029 in 1921
1.1.1936	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Saughall Massie (which became part of the parish of Wallasey on 1.4.1933) to Wallasey registration district.	718 in 1931
1.1.1936	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Upton by Birkenhead (which became part of the parish of Wallasey on 1.4.1933) to Wallasey registration district.	17 in 1931
1.4.1937	(g)	Lost the parishes of Landican, Prenton, Thingwall, and Woodchurch (which became parts of the parish of Birkenhead on 1.4.1933) to Birkenhead registration district.	2863 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Arrowe (which became part of the parish of Birkenhead on 1.4.1933) to Birkenhead registration district.	71 in 1931
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Upton by Birkenhead (which became part of the parish of Birkenhead on 1.4.1933) to Birkenhead registration district.	2547 in 1931
	(j)	Lost the parishes of Childer Thornton, Ellesmere Port, Great Sutton, Hooton, Ledsham, Little Sutton, and Puddington, to West Cheshire registration district.	22641 in 1931

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