Stourbridge Registration District

STOURBRIDGE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Worcestershire (1837–1974), West Midlands (1974–2002).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.6.2002 (to become part of Dudley registration district).
Sub-districts : Halesowen, Kingswinford, Stourbridge.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6c (1852–1946), 9D (1946–74), 33 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Dudley.

Table 1A: List of Places in Stourbridge Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Amblecote	Staffordshire	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (j).
Brierley Hill	Staffordshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Kingswinford in Brierley Hill Urban District. See also Table 2, note (j).
Cakemore	Shropshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1919 to become part of the parish of Hill & Cakemore. See also Table 2, note (a).
Cakemore	Worcestershire	1844	1919
Cradley	Worcestershire	1837	1974
Halesowen	Shropshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (i), (m), (n), (o), (p), (r) and (s).
Halesowen	Worcestershire	1844	1974
Hasbury	Shropshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844.
Hasbury	Worcestershire	1844	1974
Hawne	Shropshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Halesowen.
Hawne	Worcestershire	1844	1974
Hill	Shropshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1919 to become part of the parish of Hill & Cakemore.
Hill	Worcestershire	1844	1919
Hill & Cakemore	Worcestershire	1919	1974	Created 1.4.1919 from the separate parishes of Hill and Cakemore. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Halesowen.
Illey	Shropshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Halesowen. See also Table 2, note (e).
Illey	Worcestershire	1844	1974
Kingswinford	Staffordshire	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (j) and (k).
Lapal	Shropshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Halesowen.
Lapal	Worcestershire	1844	1974
Lutley	Worcestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Halesowen.
Lye	Worcestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Stourbridge.
Oldbury	Worcestershire	1932	1934	See Table 2, notes (g) and (l).
Pedmore	Worcestershire	1934	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Stourbridge. See also Table 2, note (h).
Quarry Bank	Staffordshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Kingswinford in Quarry Bank Urban District. See also Table 2, note (j).
Quinton	Worcestershire	1894	1909	Created 1894 by renaming the parish of Ridgacre. See also Table 2, note (d).
Ridgacre	Shropshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1894 to become the parish of Quinton. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Ridgacre	Worcestershire	1844	1894
Stourbridge	Worcestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (o), (p), (q) and (t).
Upper Swinford	Worcestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Stourbridge.
Wollaston	Worcestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Stourbridge.
Wollescote	Worcestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Stourbridge.

Table 1B: List of Places in Stourbridge Registration District (1974–2002)

All areas in Stourbridge registration district became part of the county of West Midlands on 1.4.1974.

Unparished Area	County	From	To	Comments
Halesowen	West Midlands	1974	2002	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the municipal borough of Halesowen, and the parishes of Cradley, Halesowen, Hasbury, Hawne, Hill & Cakemore, Illey, Lapal, and Lutley. See also Table 2, note (u).
Stourbridge	West Midlands	1974	2002	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the municipal borough of Stourbridge, and the parishes of Lye, Pedmore, Stourbridge, Upper Swinford, Wollaston, and Wollescote. See also Table 2, note (u).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Stourbridge Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1884	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Cakemore (which until 24.3.1884 formed part of the parish of Warley Wigorn) from West Bromwich registration district.	166 in 1891
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Ridgacre (which until 24.3.1884 formed part of the parish of Warley Wigorn) from West Bromwich registration district.	68 in 1891
	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Ridgacre, including Hagley Road and Tinkers Lane (which became part of the parish of Warley on 24.3.1884) to West Bromwich registration district.	52 in 1891
1.12.1909	(d)	Lost the parish of Quinton to Kings Norton registration district.	975 in 1901
1.10.1912	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Illey (which until 9.11.1911 formed part of the parish of Northfield) from Kings Norton registration district.	44 in 1911
1.4.1923	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Halesowen (which until 1.10.1922 formed part of the parish of Hunnington) from Bromsgrove registration district.	183 in 1911
1.10.1932	(g)	Gained the parish of Oldbury from West Bromwich registration district.	35926 in 1931
1.7.1934	(h)	Gained the parish of Pedmore from Bromsgrove registration district.	999 in 1931
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Halesowen (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Hunnington) from Bromsgrove registration district.	7 in 1931
	(j)	Lost the parishes of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, and Quarry Bank, to Kingswinford registration district.	47770 in 1931
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Kingswinford (which became part of the parish of Kinver on 1.4.1934) to Kingswinford registration district.	580 in 1931
	(l)	Lost the parish of Oldbury to Oldbury registration district.	36642 in 1931
1.4.1966	(m)	Lost part of the parish of Halesowen (which became part of the parish of Birmingham on 1.4.1966) to Birmingham registration district.
	(n)	Gained part of the parish of Halesowen (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Birmingham) from Birmingham registration district.
	(o)	Lost parts of the parishes of Halesowen and Stourbridge (which became parts of the parish of Hagley on 1.4.1966) to Bromsgrove registration district.
	(p)	Gained parts of the parishes of Halesowen and Stourbridge (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parish of Hagley) from Bromsgrove registration district.
	(q)	Lost part of the parish of Stourbridge (which became part of the parish of Dudley on 1.4.1966) to Dudley registration district.
	(r)	Gained part of the parish of Halesowen (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Oldbury) from Oldbury registration district.
	(s)	Gained part of the parish of Halesowen (which until 1.4.1966 formed pars of the parish of Rowley Regis) from Rowley Regis registration district.
	(t)	Gained parts of the parish of Stourbridge (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, and Kingswinford) from Rowley Regis registration district.
1.6.2002 (abolished)	(u)	Lost the constituent unparished areas of Halesowen and Stourbridge to Dudley registration district.

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