Wem Registration District

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WEM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Wem & Whitchurch").
Abolished : 1.10.1935 (added to Whitchurch registration district).
Sub-districts : Prees; Wem; Whitchurch
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51); 6a (1852–1935).
District number : 178c (1841–46); 363 (1847–53); 363A (1853–69); 355 (1870–80); 354 (1881–1908); 352 (1909–35).

Table 1: List of Places in Wem Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Broughton	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Clive	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Grinshill	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Ightfield	Shropshire	1837	1853	See Table 2, note (b).
Ightfield	Shropshire	1934	1935	That part which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Prees. See also Table 2, note (c).
Lee Brockhurst	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Loppington	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Moreton Corbet	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Prees	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (c).
Shawbury	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Stanton upon Hine Heath	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Wem	Shropshire	1837	1900	Abolished 1.4.1900 to become the separate parishes of Wem Urban and Wem Rural.
Wem Rural	Shropshire	1900	1935	Created 1.4.1900 out of the rural part of the parish of Wem. See also Table 2, note (c).
Wem Urban	Shropshire	1900	1935	Created 1.4.1900 out of the part of the parish of Wem in Wem Urban District. See also Table 2, note (c).
Weston & Wixhill under Redcastle	Shropshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Whitchurch	Shropshire	1838	1853	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Whixall	Shropshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 out of the parish of Prees. See also Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wem Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
15.1.1838	(a)	Gained the parish of Whitchurch from Whitchurch registration district.	6282 in 1841
4.4.1853	(b)	Lost the parishes of Ightfield and Whitchurch to Whitchurch registration district.	6323 in 1851
1.10.1935 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the part in the parish of Ightfield (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Prees) and the parishes of Broughton, Clive, Grinshill, Lee Brockhurst, Loppington, Moreton Corbet, Prees, Shawbury, Stanton upon Hine Heath, Wem Rural, Wem Urban, Weston & Wixhill under Redcastle and Whixall, to Whitchurch registration district.	10593 in 1931

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