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REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN FLINTSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Flintshire between 1837 and 1974. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

For the purposes of these pages "Flintshire" refers to:

The county of Flintshire was abolished on 1.4.1974 and added to the county of Clwyd.

Click on a district name to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.

 

Registration District

Registration County

From

To

Comments

Chester

Cheshire

1870

1902

Created 1.1.1870 by renaming Great Boughton registration district. Partly in Flintshire until 1.1.1903.

Ellesmere

Shropshire

1837

1935

Partly in Flintshire until 1.10.1935.

Great Boughton

Cheshire

1837

1869

Renamed 1.1.1870 to become Chester registration district.

Hawarden

Flintshire

1903

1974

Created 1.1.1903 out of Chester registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Alyn & Deeside and Wrexham Maelor registration districts.

Holywell

Flintshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Delyn registration district.

Maelor

Flintshire

1954

1974

Created 1.1.1954 by renaming Overton registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Wrexham Maelor registration district.

Overton

Flintshire

1935

1954

Created 1.10.1935 out of Ellesmere registration district. Abolished 1.1.1954 to become Maelor registration district.

St. Asaph

Denbighshire

1837

1935

Renamed 1.4.1974 to become Rhuddlan registration district.

Flintshire

1935

1974

Whitchurch

Shropshire

1853

1935

Created 4.4.1853 out of Ellesmere, Great Boughton, Nantwich, Wem and Wrexham registration districts. Partly in Flintshire until 1.10.1935.

Wrexham

Denbighshire

1837

1897

Partly in Flintshire until 1.9.1897.


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