Border Registration District

BORDER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cumberland.
Created : 1.10.1937 (out of Carlisle and Brampton registration districts).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Carlisle registration district).
Sub-districts : Border
GRO volumes : 10b (1937–46), 1A (1946–74).
Registers currently held at : Cumbria.

Table 1: List of Places in Border Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Arthuret	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Askerton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Beaumont	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (h) and (i).
Bewcastle	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Brampton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Burgh by Sands	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Burtholme	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Carlatton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Castle Carrock	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Cummersdale	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (h) and (i).
Cumrew	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (e) and (i).
Cumwhitton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (i).
Dalston	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (f), (g) and (i).
Farlam	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Geltsdale	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Hayton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Hethersgill	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Irthington	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Kingmoor	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (h) and (i).
Kingwater	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Kirkandrews	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Kirklinton Middle	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Midgeholme	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Nether Denton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Nichol Forest	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Orton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Rockcliffe	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
St. Cuthbert Without	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (h) and (i).
Scaleby	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Solport	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Stanwix	Cumberland	1937	1966	Abolished 1.1.1966 to become the parish of Stanwix Rural. See also Table 2, notes (b), (h) and (i).
Stanwix Rural	Cumberland	1966	1974	Created 1.1.1966 by renaming the parish of Stanwix. See also Table 2, note (i)
Stapleton	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Upper Denton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Walton	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Waterhead	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Westlinton	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Wetheral	Cumberland	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (h) and (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Border Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1937 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Askerton, Brampton, Burtholme, Carlatton, Castle Carrock, Cumrew, Cumwhitton, Farlam, Geltsdale, Hayton, Irthington, Kingwater, Midgeholme, Nether Denton, Upper Denton, Walton, and Waterhead, from Brampton registration district.	7934 in 1931
1.10.1937 (created)	(b)	Gained the parishes of Beaumont, Burgh by Sands, Cummersdale, Dalston, Kingmoor, Orton, Rockcliffe, St. Cuthbert Without, Stanwix, and Wetheral, from Carlisle registration district.	12275 in 1931
1.4.1939	(c)	Gained the parishes of Arthuret, Bewcastle, Hethersgill, Kirkandrews, Kirklinton Middle, Nichol Forest, Scaleby, Solport, Stapleton, and Westlinton, from Longtown registration district.	5977 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Cumwhitton (which became part of the parish of Ainstable on 1.4.1934) to Penrith registration district.	5 in 1931
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Cumrew (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Croglin) from Penrith registration district.	8 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Dalston (which became part of the parish of Skelton on 1.4.1934) to Penrith registration district.	156 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Dalston (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Castle Sowerby) from Penrith registration district.	177 in 1931
1.4.1951	(h)	Lost parts of the parishes of Beaumont, Cummersdale, Kingmoor, St. Cuthbert Without, Stanwix, and Wetheral (which became part of the parish of Carlisle on 1.4.1951) to Carlisle registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(i)	Lost the constituent parishes of Arthuret, Askerton, Beaumont, Bewcastle, Brampton, Burgh by Sands, Burtholme, Carlatton, Castle Carrock, Cummersdale, Cumrew, Cumwhitton, Dalston, Farlam, Geltsdale, Hayton, Hethersgill, Irthington, Kingmoor, Kingwater, Kirkandrews, Kirklinton Middle, Midgeholme, Nether Denton, Nicholforest, Orton, Rockcliffe, Scaleby, Solport, St. Cuthbert Without, Stanwix Rural, Stapleton, Upper Denton, Walton, Waterhead, Westlinton, and Wetheral (which were transferred from Cumberland to the county of Cumbria) to Carlisle registration district.	20419 in 1971

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