Tamworth Registration District

TAMWORTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.1939 (to become part of Lichfield registration district).
Sub-districts : Fazeley; Sutton Coldfield; Tamworth.
GRO volumes : XVI (1837-51); 6b (1852-1939).
Registers currently held at : Staffordshire (Lichfield), Warwickshire (Nuneaton) and Birmingham.

Table 1: List of Places in Tamworth Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Amington & Stonydelph	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Austrey	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Bolehall & Glascote	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Canwell	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Hints.
Chilcote	Derbyshire	1837	1895	See Table 2, note (a).
Clifton Campville	Staffordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (d).
Croxall	Staffordshire and Derbyshire	1837	1895	On 30.9.1895 the Derbyshire part of the parish of Croxall became part of Staffordshire, so that thereafter Croxall was wholly in Staffordshire. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Edingale.
Croxall	Staffordshire	1895	1934
Drayton Bassett	Staffordshire and Warwickshire	1837	1895	On 30.9.1895 the Warwickshire part of the parish of Drayton Bassett became part of Staffordshire, so that thereafter Drayton Bassett was wholly in Staffordshire. See also Table 2, note (d).
Drayton Bassett	Staffordshire	1895	1939
Edingale	Staffordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (d).
Fazeley	Staffordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (d).
Harlaston	Staffordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (d).
Hints	Staffordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (d).
Hopwas Hays	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Wigginton.
Kingsbury	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Middleton	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Newton Regis	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
No Mans Heath	Warwickshire	1837	1888	Abolished 24.3.1888 to become part of the parish of Newton Regis.
Seckington	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Shuttington	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Statfold	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Thorpe Constantine.
Sutton Coldfield	Warwickshire	1912	1932	See Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Syerscote	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Thorpe Constantine.
Tamworth	Staffordshire and Warwickshire	1837	1889	In 1889 the Warwickshire part of the parish of Tamworth became part of Staffordshire, so that thereafter Tamworth was wholly in Staffordshire. See also Table 2, note (d).
Tamworth	Staffordshire	1889	1939
Tamworth Castle	Warwickshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become parts of the parishes of Wilnecote & Castle Liberty, Tamworth, and Bolehill & Glascote.
Thorpe Constantine	Staffordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (d).
Wigginton	Staffordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (d).
Wilnecote	Warwickshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become part of the parish of Wilnecote & Castle Liberty.
Wilnecote & Castle Liberty	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Created 1894 out of the parishes of Wilnecote and Tamworth Castle. See also Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Tamworth Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1895	(a)	Lost the parish of Chilcote to Ashby de la Zouch registration district.	105 in 1891
1.10.1912	(b)	Gained the parish of Sutton Coldfield from Aston registration district.	20132 in 1911
1.4.1932	(c)	Lost the parishes of Amington & Stonydelph, Austrey, Bolehall & Glascote, Kingsbury, Middleton, Newton Regis, Seckington, Shuttington, Sutton Coldfield, and Wilnecote & Castle Liberty, to Sutton Coldfield registration district.	37269 in 1921
1.10.1939 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the constituent parishes of Clifton Campville, Drayton Bassett, Edingale, Fazeley, Harlaston, Hints, Tamworth, Thorpe Constantine, and Wigginton, to Lichfield registration district.	17306 in 1931

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