Oswestry Registration District

OSWESTRY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Ellesmere, Knockin, Llansilin, Oswestry, St. Martins.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6a (1852–1946), 9A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Shropshire and Wrexham.

Table 1: List of Places in Oswestry Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Baschurch	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Chirk	Denbighshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Cockshutt	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Ellesmere Rural	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Ellesmere Urban	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Great Ness	Shropshire	1935	1967	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Hordley	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Kinnerley	Shropshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Knockin	Shropshire	1837	1974
Little Ness	Shropshire	1935	1967	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Llansilin	Denbighshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Llanyblodwel	Shropshire	1837	1974
Llanymynech	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parish of Llanynynech & Pant.
Llanymynech & Pant	Shropshire	1967	1974	Created 1.4.1967 out of the parishes of Llanymynech and Oswestry Rural.
Melverley	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Myddle	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Oswestry	Shropshire	1967	1974	Created 1.4.1967 by renaming the parish of Oswestry Urban.
Oswestry Rural	Shropshire	1837	1974
Oswestry Town	Shropshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and renamed Oswestry Urban.
Oswestry Urban	Shropshire	1894	1967	Created 1894 by renaming the parish of Oswestry Town. Abolished 1.4.1967 and renamed Oswestry.
Petton	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Ruyton XI Towns	Shropshire	1837	1974
Selattyn	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parisehs of Selattyn & Gobowen and Whittington.
Selattyn & Gobowen	Shropshire	1967	1974	Created 1.4.1967 out of the parishes of Selattyn, Whittington, and Ellesmere Rural.
St. Martins	Shropshire	1837	1974
Sychtyn	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parish of Oswestry Rural.
Welshampton	Shropshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
West Felton	Shropshire	1837	1974
Weston Rhyn	Shropshire	1897	1974	Created 1.10.1897 out of the parish of St. Martins.
Whittington	Shropshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Oswestry Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Llansilin (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Llangadwaladr. comprising Tygwyn and Lawnt) from Llanfyllin registration district.	60 in 1891
25.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Whittington, including Old Marton (which became part of the parish of Ellesmere on 25.3.1883) to Ellesmere registration district.	25 in 1891
1.4.1926	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Kinnerley (which until 1.4.1926 formed part of the parish of Melverley) from Atcham registration district.	0 in 1921
1.10.1935	(d)	Gained the parish of Melverley from Atcham registration district.	173 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Baschurch, Cockshutt, Ellesmere Rural, Ellesmere Urban, Great Ness, Hordley, Little Ness, Myddle, Petton, and Welshampton, from Ellesmere registration district.	8556 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parishes of Chirk and Llansilin to Wrexham registration district.	4036 in 1931
1.4.1967	(g)	Lost the parishes of Great Ness and Little Ness to Shrewsbury registration district.

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