Ludlow Registration District

LUDLOW REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Cainham, Craven Arms, Diddlebury, Leintwardine, Ludlow, Munslow.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6a (1852–1946), 9A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Shropshire and Herefordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Ludlow Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Abdon	Shropshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Acton Scott	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Ashford Bowdler	Shropshire	1837	1974
Ashford Carbonel	Shropshire	1837	1974
Aston	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Bitterley	Shropshire	1837	1974
Boraston	Shropshire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Bromfield	Shropshire	1837	1974
Burford	Shropshire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Burrington	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Caynham	Shropshire	1837	1974
Church Stretton	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Clee St. Margaret	Shropshire	1837	1974
Cold Weston	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parish of Clee St. Margaret.
Culmington	Shropshire	1837	1974
Diddlebury	Shropshire	1837	1974
Downton	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
East Hamlet	Shropshire	1884	1974	Created 24.3.1884 out of the parish of Stanton Lacy.
Eaton under Heywood	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Elton	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Greet	Shropshire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Halford	Shropshire	1837	1974
Heath	Shropshire	1837	1974
Holdgate	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parishes of Tugford and Munslow. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Hope Bagot	Shropshire	1837	1974
Hope Bowdler	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Hopton Cangeford	Shropshire	1837	1974
Leinthall Starkes	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Leintwardine	Herefordshire	1895	1933	Created 30.9.1885 by renaming the parish of Leintwardine North Side. See also Table 2, note (d).
Leintwardine North Side	Herefordshire and Shropshire	1837	1895	On 30.9.1885 the Shropshire part of the parish of Leintwardine North Side became part of Herefordshire, and the parish now wholly in Herefordshire was renamed Leintwardine.
Little Stretton	Shropshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parish of Church Stretton. See also Table 2, note (f).
Ludford	Shropshire and Herefordshire	1837	1895
Ludford	Shropshire	1895	1974
Ludlow	Shropshire	1837	1974
Ludlow Castle	Shropshire	1837	1901	Abolished 9.11.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Ludlow.
Munslow	Shropshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Nash	Shropshire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Onibury	Shropshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Richards Castle	Shropshire and Herefordshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1889 and divided into separate parishes of the same name in Herefordshire and Shropshire
Richards Castle	Herefordshire	1889	1933	Created 1889 from the Herefordshire part of the parish of Richards Castle. See also Table 2, note (d).
Richards Castle	Shropshire	1889	1974	Created 1889 from the Shropshire part of the parish of Richards Castle
Rushbury	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Sibdon Carwood	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Stanton Lacy	Shropshire	1837	1974
Stoke St. Milborough	Shropshire	1837	1974
Stokesay	Shropshire	1837	1974
Tugford	Shropshire	1837	1974
Whitton	Shropshire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Wigmore	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Wistanstow	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Ludlow Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Holdgate (which became part of the parish of Stanton Long on 24.3.1883) to Bridgnorth registration district.	10 in 1891
24.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Munslow (which became part of the parish of Eaton under Heywood on 24.3.1883) to Church Stretton registration district.	6 in 1891
24.3.1884	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Holdgate (which became part of the parish of Stanton Long on 24.3.1884) to Bridgnorth registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1933	(d)	Lost the parishes of Aston, Burrington, Downton, Elton, Leinthall Starkes, Leintwardine, Richards Castle (Herefordshire), and Wigmore to Leominster registration district.	1803 in 1931
1.7.1934	(e)	Gained the parishes of Boraston, Burford, Greet, Nash, and Whitton, from Tenbury registration district.	1159 in 1931
1.10.1935	(f)	Gained the parishes of Acton Scott, Church Stretton, Eaton under Heywood, Hope Bowdler, Little Stretton, Rushbury, Sibdon Carwood, and Wistanstow, from Church Stretton registration district.	4610 in 1931
1.4.1965	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Burford (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Tenbury) from Tenbury registration district.
1.4.1967	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Abdon (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Ditton Priors) from Bridgnorth registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Onibury (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Clungunford) from Clun registration district.
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Rushbury (which became part of the parish of Cardington) to Shrewsbury registration district.

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