Market Drayton Registration District

MARKET DRAYTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Drayton in early listings)
Abolished : 1.10.1935 (incorporated into Whitchurch and Newcastle under Lyme registration districts).
Sub-districts : Hodnet, Market Drayton, Moreton Say.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6a (1852–1935).
Registers now held by : Shropshire and Staffordshire (Newcastle).

Table 1: List of Places in Market Drayton Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Adderley	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Ashley	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Cheswardine	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Childs Ercall	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Drayton in Hales	Shropshire	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and incorporated into the parishes of Market Drayton, Sutton upon Tern, Norton in Hales, and Moreton Say.
Hinstock	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e)
Hodnet	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Market Drayton	Shropshire	1914	1935	Created 1.4.1914 out of the parish of Drayton in Hales. See also Table 2, note (e).
Moreton Say	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Mucklestone	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Norton in Hales	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Stoke upon Tern	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Sutton upon Tern	Shropshire	1914	1935	Created 1.4.1914 out of the parish of Drayton in Hales. See also Table 2, note (e).
Tittenley	Cheshire	1837	1895	Transferred from Cheshire to Shropshire on 30.9.1895. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Adderley.
Tittenley	Shropshire	1895	1934
Tyrley	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Woore	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Market Drayton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
27.9.1880	(a)	Gained a part of the parish of HInstock (which until 27.9.1880 had formed a detached part of the parish of Chetwynd, including Pixley) from Newport registration district.	7 in 1881
25.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Cheswardine, including part of Sambrook (which became part of the parish of Chetwynd on 25.3.1883) to Newport registration district.	74 in 1891
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the parishes of Ashley, Mucklestone, and Tyrley, to Newcastle under Lyme registration district.	2638 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Mucklestone (which became part of the parish of Maer on 1.4.1932) to Newcastle under Lyme registration district.	215 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the parishes of Adderley, Cheswardine, Childs Ercall, Hinstock, Hodnet, Market Drayton, Moreton Say, Norton in Hales, Stoke upon Tern, Sutton upon Tern, and Woore, to Whitchurch registration district.	12130 in 1931

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