Wem Registration District

WEM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Wem & Whitchurch in early listings).
Abolished : 1.10.1935 (incorporated into Whitchurch registration district).
Sub-districts : Prees, Wem, Whitchurch
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6a (1852–1935).
Registers now held by : Shropshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Wem Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Broughton	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Clive	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Grinshill	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Ightfield	Shropshire	1837	1853	See Table 2, note (b).
Lee Brockhurst	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Loppington	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Moreton Corbet	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Prees	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Shawbury	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Stanton upon Hine Heath	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Wem	Shropshire	1837	1900	Abolished 1900 and divided into the separate parishes of Wem Urban and Wem Rural.
Wem Rural	Shropshire	1900	1935	Created 1.4.1900 out of the rural part of the parish of Wem. See also Table 2, note (c).
Wem Urban	Shropshire	1900	1935	Created 1.4.1900 out of the part of the parish of Wem in Wem Urban District. See also Table 2, note (c).
Weston & Wixhill under Redcastle	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Whitchurch	Shropshire	1838	1853	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Whixall	Shropshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 out of the parish of Prees. See also Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wem Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
15.1.1838	(a)	Gained the parish of Whitchurch from Whitchurch registration district.	6282 in 1841
4.4.1853	(b)	Lost the parishes of Ightfield and Whitchurch to Whitchurch registration district.	6323 in 1851
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the parishes of Broughton, Clive, Grinshill, Lee Brockhurst, Loppington, Moreton Corbet, Prees, Shawbury, Stanton upon Hine Heath, Wem Rural, Wem Urban, Weston & Wixhill under Redcastle, and Whixall, to Whitchurch registration district.	10359 in 1931
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Prees (which became part of the parish of Ightfield on 1.4.1934) to Whitchurch registration district.	234 in 1931

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