Atherstone Registration District

ATHERSTONE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Warwickshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of North Warwickshire registration district.
Sub-districts : Atherstone.
GRO volumes : XVI (1837-51), 6d (1852-1946), 9C (1946-74).
Registers currently held at : Warwickshire (Nuneaton), Leicestershire and Walsall.

Table 1: List of Places in Atherstone Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ansley	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Atherstone	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Atterton	Leicestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Austrey	Warwickshire	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (l) and (m).
Baddesley Ensor	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Baxterley	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Bentley	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Caldecote	Warwickshire	1932	1974	See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (m).
Dordon	Warwickshire	1948	1974	Created 1.4.1948 out of the parish of Polesworth. See also Table 2, notes (k) and (m).
Fenny Drayton	Leicestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Grendon	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Hartshill	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (f) and (m).
Kingsbury	Warwickshire	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (l) and (m).
Mancetter	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (g) and (m).
Merevale	Leicestershire and Warwickshire	1837	1885	On 25.3.1885 the Leicestershire part of the parish of Merevale became part of the parish of Orton on the Hill, so that thereafter Merevale was wholly in Warwickshire. See also Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (m).
Merevale	Warwickshire	1885	1974
Newton Regis	Warwickshire	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (j), (l) and (m).
Oldbury	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Polesworth	Warwickshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (i), (k) and (m).
Ratcliffe Culey	Leicestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Seckington	Warwickshire	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (l) and (m).
Sheepy Magna	Leicestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Sheepy Parva	Leicestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Shuttington	Warwickshire	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (l) and (m).
Witherley	Leicestershire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Atherstone Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
11.12.1880	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Merevale (which became part of the parish of Norton juxta Twycross on 11.12.1880) to Market Bosworth registration district.	2 in 1881
25.3.1885	(b)	Lost the Leicestershire part of the parish of Merevale (which became part of the parish of Orton on the Hill on 25.3.1885) to Market Bosworth registration district.	28 in 1891
1.4.1932	(c)	Lost the parishes of Atterton, Fenny Drayton, Ratcliffe Culey, Sheepy Magna, Sheepey Parva, and Witherley, to Market Bosworth registration district.	1338 in 1931
1.4.1932	(d)	Gained the parish of Caldecote from Nuneaton registration district.	133 in 1931
1.4.1935	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Caldecote (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Fenny Drayton) from Market Bosworth registration district.
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Hartshill (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Fenny Drayton) from Market Bosworth registration district.
	(g)	Gained parts of the parish of Mancetter (which until 1.4.1935 formed parts of the parishes of Fenny Drayton and Witherley) from Market Bosworth registration district.
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Witherley (which became part of the parish of Mancetter on 1.4.1935) to Market Bosworth registration district.
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Polesworth (which became part of the parish of Wilnecote & Castle Liberty on 1.4.1935) to Sutton Coldfield registration district.	297 in 1931
1.4.1965	(j)	Gained parts of the parish of Newton Regis (which until 1.4.1965 formed parts of the parishes of Appleby Magna, Chilcote, and Stretton en le Field) from Coalville registration district.
	(k)	Lost parts of the parishes of Dordon and Polesworth (which became parts of the parish of Tamworth on 1.4.1965) to Lichfield registration district.
	(l)	Gained the parishes of Austrey, Kingsbury, Newton Regis, Seckington, and Shuttington, from Sutton Coldfield registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the constituent parishes of Ansley, Atherstone, Austrey, Baddesley Ensor, Baxterley, Bentley, Caldecote, Dordon, Grendon, Hartshill, Kingsbury, Mancetter, Merevale, Newton Regis, Oldbury, Polesworth, Seckington, and Shuttington, to North Warwickshire registration district.	38603 in 1971

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