Macclesfield Registration District

MACCLESFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1998 (added to Cheshire East registration district).
Sub-districts : Alderley; Bollington; Congleton; East Macclesfield; Gawsworth; Knutsford; Macclesfield; Macclesfield & Bollington; Macclesfield Rural; Prestbury; Rainow; Sutton; West Macclesfield.
GRO volumes : XIX (1837–51); 8a (1852–46); 10A (1946–74); 35 (1974–92).
District number : 231 (1841–46); 453 (1847–69); 446 (1870–80); 444 (1881–1946); 488 (1946–1974); 344 (1974–98).

Table 1: List of Places in Macclesfield Registration District

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Adlington	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (o), (p) and (q).
Agden	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Alderley Edge	Cheshire	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Chorley in Alderley Edge Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Alderley Edge	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Ashley	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g), (k), (l) and (q).
Aston by Budworth	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g), (j) and (q).
Bexton	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Birtles	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Henbury and Over Alderley.
Bollington	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Bosley	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Butley	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Prestbury and Bollington.
Capesthorne	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Siddington.
Chelford	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Chorley	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (q).
Congleton	Cheshire	1937	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Disley	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Yeardsley cum Whaley. See also Table 2, note (e).
Disley	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (i), (o), (p) and (q).
Eaton	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (q).
Fallibroome	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Prestbury and Macclesfield.
Gawsworth	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Great Warford	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (q).
Hartington Upper Quarter	Derbyshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Taxal. See also Table 2, note (b).
Henbury	Cheshire	1936	1998	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Henbury cum Pexall, Birtles and Macclesfield. See also Table 2, note (q).
Henbury cum Pexall	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Henbury.
Higher Hurdsfield	Cheshire	1975	1998	Created 6.3.1975 by renaming the parish of Hurdsfield. See also Table 2, note (q).
High Legh	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Hulme Walfield	Cheshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Hurdsfield	Cheshire	1837	1975	Renamed 6.3.1975 to become the parish of Higher Hurdsfield.
Kerridge	Cheshire	1894	1900	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Bollington. Abolished 30.9.1900 and added to the parish of Bollington.
Kettleshulme	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Knutsford	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Little Bollington	Cheshire	1974	1998	Created 1.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Bollington. See also Table 2, notes (g), (m), (n) and (q).
Little Warford	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Lower Withington	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Withington.
Lower Withington	Cheshire	1978	1998	Created 1.8.1978 by renaming the parish of Withington. See also Table 2, note (q).
Lyme Handley	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (o), (p) and (q).
Macclesfield	Cheshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Macclesfield unparished area.
Macclesfield*	Cheshire	1974	1998	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Macclesfield and Wilmslow. See also Table 2, notes (k), (l), (o), (p) and (q).
Macclesfield Forest	Cheshire	1837	1981	Abolished 1.4.1981 and added to the parish of Macclesfield Forest & Wildboarclough.
Macclesfield Forest & Wildboarclough	Cheshire	1981	1998	Created 1.4.1981 from the parishes of Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough. See also Table 2, note (q).
Marthall	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Marton	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Mere	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Millington	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Mobberley	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Great Warford. See also Table 2, note (a).
Mobberley	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g), (k), (l) and (q).
Mottram St. Andrew	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Nether Alderley	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Newbold Astbury	Cheshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Newton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Mottram St. Andrew.
North Rode	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (q).
Old Withington	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to the parish of Withington.
Ollerton	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Over Alderley	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Peover Inferior	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Peover Superior	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Pickmere	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Plumley	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Pott Shrigley	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Poynton	Cheshire	1837	1881	Renamed 2.4.1881 to become the parish of Poynton with Worth.
Poynton with Worth	Cheshire	1881	1998	Created 2.4.1881 by renaming the parish of Poynton. See also Table 2, notes (o), (p) and (q).
Prestbury	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (o), (p) and (q).
Rainow	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Rostherne	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (n) and (q).
Siddington	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Snelson	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Somerford	Cheshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Somerford Booths	Cheshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Sutton	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Tabley Inferior	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Tabley Superior	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Tatton	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Taxal	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Hartington Upper Quarter, Whaley Bridge and Wildboarclough.
Toft	Cheshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).
Tytherington	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Macclesfield and Bollington.
Upton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Macclesfield and Prestbury.
Whaley Bridge	Derbyshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Kettleshulme, Taxal and Yeardsley cum Whaley. See also Table 2, note (d).
Wildboarclough	Cheshire	1837	1981	Abolished 1.4.1981 and added to the parish of Macclesfield Forest & Wildboarclough.
Wilmslow	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Chorley. See also Table 2, note (a).
Wincle	Cheshire	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (q).
Withington	Cheshire	1936	1978	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Lower Withington and Old Withington. Renamed 1.8.1978 to become the parish of Lower Withington.
Woodford	Cheshire	1837	1939	Abolished 1.4.1939 and added to the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall. See also Table 2, note (f).
Worth	Cheshire	1837	1881	Abolished 25.3.1881 and added to the parish of Poynton
Yeardsley cum Whaley	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Whaley Bridge and Disley.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Macclesfield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1937	(a)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Mobberley and Wilmslow (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Chorley and Great Warford) and the parish of Alderley Edge, to Bucklow registration district.	2442 in 1931
	(b)	Lost the part in the parish of Hartington Upper Quarter (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Taxal) to Buxton sub-district of Chapel-en-le-Frith registration district.	26 in 1931
	(c)	Gained the parishes of Congleton, Hulme Walfield, Newbold Astbury, Somerford and Somerford Booths and parts of the parishes of Eaton and North Rode (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Buglawton and Congleton), from Congleton registration district.	15451 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the part in the parish of Whaley Bridge (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Kettleshulme, Taxal and Yeardsley cum Whaley) to Hayfield sub-district of Hayfield registration district.	2394 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the part in the parish of Disley (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Yearsley cum Whaley) to North East Cheshire registration district.	0 in 1931
1.4.1939	(f)	Lost the parish of Woodford (which was added to the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall on 1.4.1939) to North East Cheshire registration district.	801 in 1931
1.4.1974	(g)	Gained the remaining part of the Macclesfield unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Wilmslow) and the parishes of Agden, Alderley Edge, Ashley, Aston by Budworth, Bexton, High Legh, Knutsford, Little Bollington, Little Warford, Marthall, Mere, Millington, Mobberley, Ollerton, Peover Inferior, Peover Superior, Pickmere, Plumley, Rostherne, Tabley Inferior, Tabley Superior, Tatton, Toft, from Bucklow registration district.	56440 in 1971
	(h)	Lost the parish of Congleton (which became an unparished area on 1.4.1974) and the parishes of Hulme Walfield, Newbold Astbury, Somerford and Somerford Booths, to Congleton & Crewe registration district.	21360 in 1971
	(i)	Gained the parish of Disley from North East Cheshire registration district.	3986 in 1971
1.4.1983	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Aston by Budworth (which until 1.4.1983 formed part of the parish of Antrobus) from Vale Royal registration district.
1.4.1993	(k)	Lost parts of the Macclesfield unparished area and parts of the parishes of Ashley and Mobberley (which became parts of the Manchester unparished area and of the parish of Ringway on 1.4.1993) to Manchester registration district.	0 in 1992
	(l)	Gained parts of the Macclesfield unparished area and of the parishes of Ashley and Mobberley (which until 1.4.1993 formed parts of the Manchester unparished area and part of the parish of Ringway) from Manchester registration district.	1 in 1992
	(m)	Lost part of the parish of Little Bollington (which was added to the parish of Dunham Massey on 1.4.1993) to Trafford registration district.	0 in 1992
	(n)	Gained parts of the parishes of Little Bollington and Rostherne (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the Trafford unparished area and part of the parish of Dunham Massey) from Trafford registration district.	0 in 1992
1.4.1994	(o)	Lost parts of the Macclesfield unparished area and parts of the parishes of Adlington, Disley, Lyme Handley, Poynton with Worth and Prestbury (which on 1.4.1994 became parts of the Stockport unparished area) to Stockport registration district.	10 in 1993
1.4.1994	(p)	Gained parts of the Macclesfield unparished area and parts of the parishes of Adlington, Disley, Lyme Handley, Poynton with Worth and Prestbury (which until 1.4.1994 all formed parts of the Stockport unparished area) from Stockport registration district.	n/a
1.4.1998 (abolished)	(q)	Lost the Macclesfield unparished area and the parishes of Adlington, Agden, Alderley Edge, Ashley, Aston by Budworth, Bexton, Bollington, Bosley, Chelford, Chorley, Disley, Eaton, Gawsworth, Great Warford, Henbury, High Legh, Hurdsfield, Kettleshulme, Knutsford, Little Bollington, Little Warford, Lower Withington, Lyme Handley, Macclesfield Forest & Wildboarclough, Marthall, Marton, Mere, Millington, Mobberley, Mottram St. Andrew, Nether Alderley, North Rode, Ollerton, Over Alderley, Peover Inferior, Peover Superior, Pickmere, Plumley, Pott Shrigley, Poynton with Worth, Prestbury, Rainow, Rostherne, Siddington, Snelson, Sutton, Tabley Inferior, Tabley Superior, Tatton, Toft and Wincle, to Cheshire East registration district.	143549 in 1991

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