Newcastle upon Tyne Registration District

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Northumberland (1837–1974); Tyne & Wear (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : All Saints; Benwell; Byker; Dene; Elswick; Newcastle upon Tyne; Newcastle upon Tyne Central; Newcastle upon Tyne East; Newcastle upon Tyne West; St. Andrew; St. Nicholas; Victoria; Westgate; Wingrove
GRO volumes : XXV (1837–51); 10b (1852–1946); 1B (1946–74); 2 (1974–92).
District number : 289 (1841–46); 552 (1847–69); 553 (1870–80); 556 (1881–1908); 558 (1909–46); 22 (1946–74); 053 (from 1974).

Table 1A: List of Places in Newcastle upon Tyne Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
All Saints	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Benwell	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Byker	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Elswick	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Fenham	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Heaton	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Jesmond	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Moot Hall & Precincts	Northumberland	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Nicholas. See also Table 2, note (b).
Newcastle upon Tyne	Northumberland	1914	1974	Created 1.4.1914 from the parishes of Elswick, Byker, Westgate, Benwell, All Saints, Heaton, Jesmond, St. Andrew, St. Nicholas and Fenham. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Newcastle upon Tyne unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
St. Andrew	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. John	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
St. Nicholas	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Walker	Northumberland	1936	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Newcastle upon Tyne unparished area. See also Table 2, note (d).
Westgate	Northumberland	1837	1914	Abolished 1.4.1914 and added to the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Table 1B: List of Places in Newcastle upon Tyne Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Newcastle upon Tyne registration district became part of the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Blakelaw & North Fenham	Tyne & Wear	2002		Created 1.4.2002 out of the Newcastle upon Tyne unparished area.
Brunswick	Tyne & Wear	1974		See Table 2, note (e).
Dinnington	Tyne & Wear	1974		See Table 2, note (e).
Hazelrigg	Tyne & Wear	1974		See Table 2, note (f).
Newcastle upon Tyne*	Tyne & Wear	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Gosforth, Moot Hall & Precincts, Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne and Walker. See also Table 2, note (f).
North Gosforth	Tyne & Wear	1974		See Table 2, note (f).
Woolsington	Tyne & Wear	1974		See Table 2, note (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Newcastle upon Tyne Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1905	(a)	Gained part of the parish of St. Andrew (which until 9.11.1904 formed part of the parish of Kenton) from Castle Ward registration district.	45 in 1901
1.1.1936	(b)	Lost the parish of Moot Hall & Precincts to Castle Ward registration district.	5 in 1931
	(c)	Gained parts of the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne (which until 1.4.1935 formed the parish of Kenton and parts of the parishes of East Denton, Fawdon and West Brunton) from Castle Ward registration district.	1965 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Longbenton) and the parish of Walker, from Tynemouth registration district.	28234 in 1931
1.4.1974	(e)	Gained the parishes of Brunswick, Dinnington and Woolsington from Northumberland Central registration district.	14648 in 1971
1.4.1974	(f)	Gained part of the Newcastle upon Tyne unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Gosforth, Moot Hall & Precincts and Newburn) and the parishes of Hazelrigg and North Gosforth from Northumberland South registration district.	70948 in 1971

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