Ludlow Registration District

LUDLOW REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.9.2005 (added to Shropshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Cainham; Craven Arms; Diddlebury; Leintwardine; Ludlow; Munslow.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51); 6a (1852–1946); 9A (1946–74); 30 (1974–92).
District number : 175a (1841–46); 352 (1847–69); 344 (1870–1908); 342 (1909–46); 437 (1946–74); 712 (1974–2005).

Table 1: List of Places in Ludlow Registration District

Civil Parish (* or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Abdon	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, notes (h) and (k).
Acton Scott	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Ashford Bowdler	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Ashford Carbonel	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Aston	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Bitterley	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Boraston	Shropshire	1934	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Bromfield	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Burford	Shropshire	1934	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Burrington	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Caynham	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Church Stretton	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Clee St. Margaret	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Cold Weston	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and added to the parish of Clee St. Margaret.
Craven Arms	Shropshire	1987	2005	Created 1.4.1987 out of the parishes of Halford and Stokesay. See also Table 2, note (k).
Culmington	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Diddlebury	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Downton	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
East Hamlet	Shropshire	1884	1987	Created 25.3.1884 out of the parish of Stanton Lacy. Abolished 1.4.1987 and divided between the parishes of Bitterley, Bromfield, Ludford and Ludlow.
Eaton under Heywood	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Elton	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Greete	Shropshire	1934	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Halford	Shropshire	1837	1987	Abolished 1.4.1987 and divided between the parishes of Craven Arms, Sibdon Carwood and Wistanstow.
Heath	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Holdgate	Shropshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and divided between the parishes of Tugford and Munslow. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Hope Bagot	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Hope Bowdler	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Hopton Cangeford	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Leinthall Starkes	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Leintwardine	Herefordshire	1895	1933	Created 30.9.1885 by renaming the parish of Leintwardine North Side. See also Table 2, note (d).
Leintwardine North Side	Herefordshire	1837	1895	On 30.9.1885 the part in Shropshire was transfererd to Herefordshire and the parish now wholly in Herefordshire was renamed to become the parish of Leintwardine.
Leintwardine North Side	Shropshire	1837	1895
Little Stretton	Shropshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and added to the parish of Church Stretton. See also Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Ludford	Herefordshire	1837	1895	On 30.9.1895 the part in Herefordshire was transferred to Shropshire, so that thereafter Ludford was entirely in Shropshire. See also Table 2, note (k).
Ludford	Shropshire	1837	2005
Ludlow	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Ludlow Castle	Shropshire	1837	1901	Abolished 9.11.1901 and added to the parish of Ludlow.
Munslow	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Nash	Shropshire	1934	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Onibury	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, notes (i) and (k).
Richards Castle	Herefordshire	1837	1933	On 1.4.1889 the parts in Herefordshire and Shropshire became separate parishes. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Richards Castle	Shropshire	1837	2005
Rushbury	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Sibdon Carwood	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Stanton Lacy	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Stoke St. Milborough	Shropshire	1837	2005	See Table 2, note (k).
Stokesay	Shropshire	1837	1987	Abolished 1.4.1987 and added to the parish of Craven Arms.
Tugford	Shropshire	1837	1987	Abolished 1.4.1987 and added to the parish of Abdon & Heath.
Whitton	Shropshire	1934	2005	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Wigmore	Herefordshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (d).
Wistanstow	Shropshire	1935	2005	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Ludlow Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1883	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Holdgate (which was added to the parish of Stanton Long on 25.3.1883) to Bridgnorth registration district.	10 in 1891
25.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Munslow (which was added to the parish of Eaton under Heywood on 25.3.1883) to Church Stretton registration district.	6 in 1891
25.3.1884	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Holdgate (which was added to the parish of Stanton Long on 25.3.1884) to Bridgnorth registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1933	(d)	Lost the parishes of Aston, Burrington, Downton, Elton, Leinthall Starkes, Leintwardine, Richards Castle (Herefordshire) and Wigmore to Leominster registration district.	1803 in 1931
1.7.1934	(e)	Gained the parishes of Boraston, Burford, Greete, Nash and Whitton, from Tenbury registration district.	1159 in 1931
1.10.1935	(f)	Gained the parishes of Acton Scott, Church Stretton, Eaton under Heywood, Hope Bowdler, Little Stretton, Rushbury, Sibdon Carwood and Wistanstow, from Church Stretton registration district.	4610 in 1931
1.4.1965	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Burford (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Tenbury) from Tenbury registration district.	0 in 1961
1.4.1967	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Abdon (which until 1.4.1967 formed parts of the parishes of Ditton Priors and Farlow) from Bridgnorth registration district.	43 in 1961
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Onibury (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Clungunford) from Clun registration district.	52 in 1961
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Rushbury (which was added to the parish of Cardington) to Shrewsbury registration district.	17 in 1961
1.9.2005 (abolished)	(k)	Lost the parishes of Abdon, Acton Scott, Ashford Bowdler, Ashford Carbonel, Bitterley, Boraston, Bromfield, Burford, Caynham, Church Stretton, Clee St. Margaret, Craven Arms, Culmington, Diddlebury, Eaton under Heywood, Greete, Heath, Hope Bagot, Hope Bowdler, Hopton Cangeford, Ludford, Ludlow, Munslow, Nash, Onibury, Richards Castle, Rushbury, Sibdon Carwood, Stanton Lacy, Stoke St. Milborough, Whitton and Wistanstow, to Shropshire registration district.	29446 in 2001

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