Penzance Registration District

PENZANCE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cornwall.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.5.2007 (to become part of Cornwall registration district).
Sub-districts : Hayle, Merazion, Penzance, St. Buryan, St. Just in Penwith, St. Ives, Uny Lelant.
GRO volumes : IX (1837–51), 5c (1852–1946), 7A (1946–74), 21 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Cornwall

Table 1: List of Places in Penzance Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Gulval	Cornwall	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become parts of the parishes of Penzance, Madron, and Ludgvan.
Gwinear Gwithian	Cornwall	1936	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Hayle	Cornwall	1934	2007	Created 1.4.1934 by renaming the parish of St. Erth Urban. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Ludgvan	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Madron	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Madron in Penzance	Cornwall	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Madron in Penzance Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Penzance.
Marazion	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Morvah	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Paul	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Penzance	Cornwall	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area.
Penzance	Cornwall	1974	1980	Unparished area created 1.4.1974 from the parish and municipal borough of Penzance. Abolished 1.4.1980 to become the parish of Penzance.
Penzance	Cornwall	1980	2007	Created 1.4.1980 from the unparished area of Penzance. See also Table 2, note (c).
Penzance in Madron	Cornwall	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Penzance in Madron Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Penzance.
Perranuthnoe	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
St. Buryan	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
St. Erth	Cornwall	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of St. Erth Urban and St. Erth Rural.
St. Erth	Cornwall	1934	2007	Created 1.4.1934 by renaming the parish of St. Erth Rural. See also Table 2, note (c).
St. Erth Rural	Cornwall	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Erth. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become the parish of St. Erth.
St. Erth Urban	Cornwall	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of St. Erth in Hayle Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become the parish of Hayle.
St. Hilary	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
St. Ives	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
St. Just	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
St. Levan	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
St. Michaels Mount	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Sancreed	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Sennen	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Towednack	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).
Uny Lelant	Cornwall	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become parts of the parishes of St. Ives and Ludgvan.
Zennor	Cornwall	1837	2007	See Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Penzance Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1936	(a)	Gained the parish of Gwinear Gwithian from Redruth registration district.	1868 in 1931
1.7.1936	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Hayle (which until 1.10.1935 formed the parishes of East Phillack and West Phillack) from Redruth registration district.	3760 in 1931
1.5.2007 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the constituent parishes of Gwinear Gwithian, Hayle, Ludgvan, Madron, Marazion, Morvah, Paul, Penzance, Perranuthnoe, Sancreed, Sennen, St. Buryan, St. Erth, St. Hilary, St. Ives, St. Just, St. Levan, St. Michaels Mount, Towednack, and Zennor, to Cornwall registration district.

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