Alcester Registration District

ALCESTER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Warwickshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.1985 (to become part of South Warwickshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Alcester (1837-1985) ; Bidford (1837-96) ; Feckenham (1837-1932) ; Studley (1837-95).
GRO volumes : XVI (1837-51), 6d (1852-1946), 9C (1946-74), 31 (1974-85).
Registers currently held at : Warwickshire (Warwick) and Worcestershire.

Table 1: List of Places in Alcester Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Abbots Morton	Worcestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (b).
Alcester	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Arrow	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Aston Cantlow	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Bidford on Avon	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Coughton	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Exhall	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Feckenham	Worcestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (b).
Feckenham Urban	Worcestershire	1894	1932	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Feckenham in Redditch Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Great Alne	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Haselor	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Inkberrow	Worcestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (b).
Ipsley	Warwickshire	1837	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Ipsley in Redditch Urban District became part of Worcestershire, in 1894 this area became the separate parish of Upper Ipsley, and thereafter Ipsley was again wholly in Warwickshire, until it became part of Worcestershire on 1.4.1931. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
	Warwickshire and Worcestershire	1889	1894
	Warwickshire	1894	1931
	Worcestershire	1931	1932
Kinwarton	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Morton Bagot	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Oldberrow	Worcestershire	1837	1896	Transferred from Worcestershire to Warwickshire on 30.9.1896. See also Table 2, note (f).
Oldberrow	Warwickshire	1896	1985
Oversley	Warwickshire	1837	1949	Abolished 1.4.1949 to become part of the parish of Ipsley.
Salford Priors	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Sambourn	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, notes (c), (d) and (f).
Spernall	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).
Studley	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, notes (e) and (f).
Upper Ipsley	Worcestershire	1894	1932	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Ipsley in Redditch Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Weethley	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Wixford	Warwickshire	1837	1985	See Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Alcester Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1932	(a)	Lost the parishes of Feckenham Urban, Ipsley, and Upper Ipsley, to Bromsgrove registration district.	7969 in 1931
1.4.1932	(b)	Lost the parishes of Abbotts Morton, Feckenham, and Inkberrow, to Droitwich registration district.	3744 in 1931
1.4.1965	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Sambourn (which became part of the parish of Redditch on 1.4.1965) to Bromsgrove registration district.
1.4.1965	(d)	Lost parts of the parishes of Alcester, Arrow, Sambourn, and Weethley (which became parts of the parish of Inkberrow on 1.4.1965) to Evesham registration district.
1.4.1969	(e)	Lost parts of the parish of Studley (which became part of the parish of Redditch on 1.4.1969) to Bromsgrove registration district.
1.4.1985 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the constituent parishes of Alcester, Arrow, Aston Cantlow, Bidford on Avon, Coughton, Exhall, Great Alne, Haselor, Kinwarton, Morton Bagot, Oldberrow, Salford Priors, Sambourn, Spernall, Studley, Weethley, and Wixford, to South Warwickshire registration district.

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