Market Drayton Registration District

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MARKET DRAYTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Drayton")
Abolished : 1.10.1935 (divided between Whitchurch and Newcastle-under-Lyme registration districts).
Sub-districts : Hodnet; Market Drayton; Moreton Say.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51); 6a (1852–1935).
District number : 179a (1841–46); 364 (1847–69); 357 (1870–80); 356 (1881–1908); 354 (1909–35).

Table 1: List of Places in Market Drayton Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Adderley	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Ashley	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Cheswardine	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Child's Ercall	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Drayton in Hales	Shropshire	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and divided between the parishes of Market Drayton, Sutton upon Tern, Norton in Hales and Moreton Say.
Hinstock	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d)
Hodnet	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Maer	Staffordshire	1932	1935	That part which until 1.4.1932 formed part of the parish of Mucklestone. See also Table 2, note (c).
Market Drayton	Shropshire	1914	1935	Created 1.4.1914 out of the parish of Drayton in Hales. See also Table 2, note (d).
Moreton Say	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Mucklestone	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (c).
Norton in Hales	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Stoke upon Tern	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Sutton upon Tern	Shropshire	1914	1935	Created 1.4.1914 out of the parish of Drayton in Hales. See also Table 2, note (d).
Tittenley	Cheshire	1837	1895	Transferred from Cheshire to Shropshire on 30.9.1895. Abolished 1.4.1934 and added to the parish of Adderley.
Tittenley	Shropshire	1895	1934
Tyrley	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Woore	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Market Drayton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1881	(a)	Gained part of the parish of HInstock (which until 25.3.1881 formed a detached part of the parish of Chetwynd) from Newport registration district.	7 in 1881
25.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Cheswardine (which was added to the parish of Chetwynd on 25.3.1883) to Newport registration district.	74 in 1891
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the part in the parish of Maer (which until 1.4.1932 formed part of the parish of Mucklestone) and the parishes of Ashley, Mucklestone and Tyrley, to Newcastle-under-Lyme registration district.	2853 in 1931
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the parishes of Adderley, Cheswardine, Child's Ercall, Hinstock, Hodnet, Market Drayton, Moreton Say, Norton in Hales, Stoke upon Tern, Sutton upon Tern and Woore, to Whitchurch registration district.	12130 in 1931

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