Cockermouth Registration District

COCKERMOUTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cumberland.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Cockermouth, Cockermouth & Maryport, Keswick, Maryport, Workington.
GRO volumes : XXV (1837–51), 10b (1852–1946), 1A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Cockermouth and Wigton.

Table 1: List of Places in Cockermouth Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Above Derwent	Cumberland	1837	1974
Bassenthwaite	Cumberland	1837	1974
Bewaldeth & Snittlegarth	Cumberland	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Blindbothel	Cumberland	1837	1974
Blindcrake	Cumberland	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of Blindcrake Isel & Redmaine, Isel Old Park, and Sunderland.
Blindcrake Isel & Redmaine	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Blindcrake.
Borrowdale	Cumberland	1837	1974
Bothel & Threapland	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (c).
Brackenthwaite	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Buttermere.
Bridekirk	Cumberland	1837	1974
Briery Cottages	Cumberland	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Keswick.
Brigham	Cumberland	1837	1974
Broughton	Cumberland	1898	1974	Created 1.10.1898 out of the parishes of Great Broughton and Little Broughton.
Broughton Moor	Cumberland	1898	1974	Created 1.10.1898 out of the parishes of Great Broughton and Little Broughton.
Buttermere	Cumberland	1837	1974
Camerton	Cumberland	1837	1974
Castlerigg St. Johns & Wythburn	Cumberland	1837	1974
Cloffocks	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Workington.
Cockermouth	Cumberland	1837	1974
Crosscanonby	Cumberland	1837	1974
Dean	Cumberland	1837	1974
Dearham	Cumberland	1837	1974
Dovenby	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bridekirk.
Eaglesfield	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Dean.
Ellenborough & Ewanrigg	Cumberland	1837	1929	Abolished 1.4.1929 and incorporated into the parish of Maryport.
Embleton	Cumberland	1837	1974
Flimby	Cumberland	1837	1974
Gilcrux	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (c).
Great Broughton	Cumberland	1837	1898	Abolished 1.10.1898 and incorporated into the parishes of Broughton and Broughton Moor.
Great Clifton	Cumberland	1837	1974
Greysouthern	Cumberland	1837	1974
Harrington	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Isell Old Park	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Blindcrake.
Keswick	Cumberland	1837	1974
Little Broughton	Cumberland	1837	1898	Abolished 1.10.1898 and incorporated into the parishes of Broughton and Broughton Moor.
Little Clifton	Cumberland	1837	1974
Lorton	Cumberland	1837	1974
Loweswater	Cumberland	1837	1974
Maryport	Cumberland	1928	1974	Created 1.4.1929 out of he parishes of Netherhall and Ellenborough & Ewanrigg.
Mosser	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Blindbothel.
Netherall	Cumberland	1894	1929	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Crosscanonby in Maryport Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1929 and incorporated into the parish of Maryport.
Oughterside & Allerby	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (c).
Papcastle	Cumberland	1837	1974
Plumbland	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (c).
Ribton	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Camerton.
Seaton	Cumberland	1837	1974
Setmurthy	Cumberland	1837	1974
Skiddaw	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Underskiddaw.
Stainburn	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of Workington and Winscales.
Sunderland	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Blindcrake.
Tallentire	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bridekirk.
Threlkeld	Cumberland	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Underskiddaw	Cumberland	1837	1974
Whinfell	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Blindbothel.
Winscales	Cumberland	1837	1974
Workington	Cumberland	1837	1974
Workington Rural	Cumberland	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Workington. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of Winscales and Workington.
Wythop	Cumberland	1837	1974

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Cockermouth Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1939	(a)	Gained the parish of Threlkeld from Penrith registration district.	614 in 1931
	(b)	Gained the parish of Harrington from Whitehaven registration district.	3173 in 1931
	(c)	Lost the parishes of Bothel & Threapland, Glicrux, Oughterside & Allerby, Plumbland, to Wigton registration district.	1916 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Bewaldeth & Snittlegarth (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Torpenhow & Whittigg) from Wigton registration district.	0 in 1931

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