Ellesmere Registration District

ELLESMERE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.1935 (divided between Oswestry, Overton, Whitchurch and Shrewsbury registration districts).
Sub-districts : Baschurch; Ellesmere; Hanmer; Overton.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51); 6a (1852–1935).
District number : 178b (1841–46); 362 (1847–69); 354 (1870–80); 353 (1881–1908); 351 (1909–35).

Table 1: List of Places in Ellesmere Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bangor	Flintshire	1897	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Baschurch	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Bettisfield	Flintshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Bronington	Flintshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Cockshutt	Shropshire	1896	1935	Created 1.4.1896 out of the parish of Ellesmere Rural. See also Table 2, note (e).
Ellesmere	Shropshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Ellesmere Urban and Ellesmere Rural. See also Table 2, note (b).
Ellesmere Rural	Shropshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Ellesmere. See also Table 2, note (e).
Ellesmere Urban	Shropshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Ellesmere in Ellesmere Urban District. See also Table 2, note (e).
Great Ness	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Hadnall	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Halghton	Flintshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Hanmer	Flintshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Hordley	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Iscoyd	Flintshire	1837	1853	See Table 2, note (a).
Little Ness	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Myddle	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Overton	Flintshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Penley	Flintshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Petton	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Tybroughton	Flintshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Welshampton	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (e).
Willington	Flintshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Worthenbury	Flintshire	1897	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Ellesmere Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
4.4.1853	(a)	Lost the chapelry of Iscoyd to Whitchurch registration district.	441 in 1851
25.3.1883	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Ellesmere (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Whittington) from Oswestry registration district.	25 in 1891
1.9.1897	(c)	Gained the parishes of Bangor and Worthenbury from Wrexham registration district.	973 in 1891
1.10.1897	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Overton (which until 30.9.1897 formed part of the parish of Erbistock) from Wrexham registration district.	0 in 1891
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the parishes of Baschurch, Cockshutt, Ellesmere Rural, Ellesmere Urban, Great Ness, Hordley, Little Ness, Myddle, Petton and Welshampton, to Oswestry registration district.	8556 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parishes of Bangor, Bettisfield, Bronington, Halghton, Hanmer, Overton, Penley, Tybroughton, Willington and Worthenbury, to Overton registration district.	4405 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Baschurch (which was added to the parish of Pimhill on 1.4.1934) to Shrewsbury registration district.	132 in 1931
	(h)	Lost the parish of Hadnall to Whitchurch registration district.	508 in 1931

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