Longtown Registration District

LONGTOWN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cumberland.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1939 (incorporated into Border registration district).
Sub-districts : High Longtown, Longtown, Low Longtown.
GRO volumes : XXV (1837–51), 10b (1852–1939).
Registers now held by : Carlisle.

Table 1: List of Places in Longtown Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Arthuret	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Bellbank	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Stapleton.
Bewcastle	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Hethersgill	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Kirkandrews	Cumberland	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of Kirkandrews Nether, Kirkandrews Middle, and Kirkandrews Moat. See also Table 2, note (a).
Kirkandrews Middle	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Kirkandrews.
Kirkandrews Moat	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Kirkandrews.
Kirkandrews Nether	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Kirkandrews.
Kirklinton Middle	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Nichol Forest	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Scaleby	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Solport	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Stapleton	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Trough	Cumberland	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Solport.
Westlinton	Cumberland	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Longtown Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1939 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the constituent parishes of Arthuret, Bewcastle, Hethersgill, Kirkandrews, Kirklinton Middle, Nichol Forest, Scaleby, Solport, Stapleton, and Westlinton, to Border registration district.	5977 in 1931

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