Congleton Registration District

CONGLETON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1937 (divided between Crewe, Macclesfield and Northwich registration districts).
Sub-districts : Church Hulme; Congleton; Sandbach.
GRO volumes : XIX (1837–51), 8a (1852–1937).
District number : 232a (1841–46); 457 (1847–69); 450 (1870–80); 448 (1881–1937).

Table 1: List of Places in Congleton Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alsager	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Arclid	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Betchton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Biddulph	Staffordshire	1837	1893	See Table 2, note (d).
Blackden	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Goostrey.
Bradwall	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Brereton	Cheshire	1936	1937	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Brereton cum Smethwck and Davenport. See also Table 2, note (e).
Brereton cum Smethwick	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Brereton.
Buglawton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Congleton, Eaton and North Rode.
Byley	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Leese. See also Table 2, note (g)
Church Hulme	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Church Lawton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Congleton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (f).
Cotton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Cranage.
Cranage	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Davenport	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Brereton.
Eaton	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Buglawton and Congleton. See also Table 2, note (f)
Elton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Goostrey	Cheshire	1936	1937	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Goostrey cum Barnshaw and Blackden. See also Table 2, note (e).
Goostrey cum Barnshaw	Cheshire	1867	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Goostrey. See also Table 2, note (a).
Haslington	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Wheelock. See also Table 2, note (e)
Hassall	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Hulme Walfield	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (f).
Kermincham	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Swettenham.
Lach Dennis	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Cranage and Leese. See also Table 2, note (f)
Leese	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Cranage, Byley and Lach Dennis.
Middlewich	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Tetton. See also Table 2, note (f)
Moreton cum Alcumlow	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Moston	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Tetton.
Newbold Astbury	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (f).
North Rode	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Buglawton. See also Table 2, note (f)
Odd Rode	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Radnor	Cheshire	1837	1895	Abolished 1.10.1895 and added to the parish of Somerford.
Sandbach	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Smallwood	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Somerford	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (f).
Somerford Booths	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (f).
Swettenham	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Tetton	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (e).
Twemlow	Cheshire	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Wheelock	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Sandbach and Haslington.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Congleton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
8.3.1867	(a)	Gained the parish of Goostrey cum Barnshaw from Northwich registration district.	268 in 1861
24.3.1889	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Cranage (which until 24.3.1889 formed a detached part of the parish of Rudheath) from Northwich registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1889	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Twemlow (which until 24.3.1889 formed a detached part of the parish of Rudheath) from Northwich registration district.	0 in 1891
1.10.1893	(d)	Lost the parish of Biddulph to Leek registration district.	5290 in 1891
1.4.1937 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the part in the parish of Haslington (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Wheelock) and the parishes of Alsager, Arclid, Betchton, Bradwall, Brereton, Church Hulme, Church Lawton, Cranage, Elton, Goostrey, Hassall, Moreton cum Alcumlow, Odd Rode, Sandbach, Smallwood, Swettenham, Tetton and Twemlow, to Crewe registration district.	21376 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Eaton and North Rode (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Buglawton and Congleton) and the parishes of Congleton, Hulme Walfield, Newbold Astbury, Somerford and Somerford Booths, to Macclesfield registration district.	15451 in 1931
	(g)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Byley, Lach Dennis and Middlewich (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Cranage, Leese and Tetton) to Northwich registration district.	96 in 1931

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