Farnworth Registration District

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FARNWORTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.10.1935 (out of Barton and Bolton registration districts).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Bolton and Blackburn registration districts).
Sub-districts : Farnworth & Kearsley, Horwich, Turton, Townleys
GRO volumes : 8c (1937–46), 10C (1946–74).
Registers currently held at : Bolton and Blackburn with Darwen.

Table 1: List of Places in Farnworth Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Blackrod	Lancashire	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Farnworth	Lancashire	1935	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Horwich	Lancashire	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Kearsley	Lancashire	1935	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (f).
Little Hulton	Lancashire	1935	1937	See Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Little Lever	Lancashire	1935	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Turton	Lancashire	1968	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between the unparished area of Turton, and the parish of Turton North. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).
Westhoughton	Lancashire	1968	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Farnworth Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1935 (created)	(a)	Gained the part of the parish of Kearsley (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Clifton and Outwood) from Barton registration district.	1475 in 1931
1.10.1935 (created)	(b)	Gained the parishes of Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Hulton, and Little Lever, from Bolton registration district.	51272 in 1931
1.4.1937	(c)	Lost the parish of Little Hulton to Barton registration district.	7874 in 1931
1.1.1968	(d)	Gained the parishes of Blackrod, Horwich, Turton, and Westhoughton, from Horwich registration district
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Turton (which became the parish of Turton North on 1.4.1974) to Blackburn registration district.	2987 in 1971
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the parishes of Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever, Turton, and Westhoughton (which were transferred from Lancashire to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974) to Bolton registration district.	99978 in 1971

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