Wrekin Registration District

WREKIN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Shropshire.
Created : 1.4.1974 (out of Wellington registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1998 (to become Telford & Wrekin registration district).
Sub-districts : Dawley, Newport, Oakengates, Shifnal.
GRO volumes : 30 (1974–92).
District number : 716 (1974–98).

Table 1: List of Places in Wrekin Registration District

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Albrighton	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Badger	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Beckbury	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Bolas Magna	Shropshire	1974	1988	Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Waters Upton. See also Table 2, note (a).
Boningale	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Boscobel	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Cherrington	Shropshire	1974	1988	Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Tibberton & Cherrington. See also Table 2, note (a).
Chetwynd	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Chetwynd Aston	Shropshire	1974	1988	Renamed 2.11.1988 to become the parish of Chetwynd Aston & Woodcote. See also Table 2, note (a).
Chetwynd Aston & Woodcote	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 2.11.1988 by renaming the parish of Chetwynd Aston. See also Table 2, note (c).
Church Aston	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Dawley Hamlets	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Little Wenlock. See also Table 2, note (c).
Donington	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Edgmond	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Ercall Magna	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Eyton upon the Weald Moors	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Great Dawley	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).
Hadley	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Hollinswood & Randlay	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Lilleshall & Randlay. See also Table 2, note (c).
Kemberton	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Ketley	Shropshire	1976	1998	Created 15.7.1976 by renaming the parish of Wellington Rural. See also Table 2, note (c).
Kynnersley	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Lawley & Overdale	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Hadley. See also Table 2, note (c).
Lilleshall	Shropshire	1974	1982	Abolished 8.7.1982 and to become Lilleshall & Donnington. See also Table 2, note (a).
Lilleshall & Donnington	Shropshire	1982	1998	Created 8.7.1982 by renaming the parish of Lilleshall. See also Table 2, note (c).
Little Wenlock	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Longdon upon Tern	Shropshire	1974	1988	Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Rodington. See also Table 2, note (a).
Longford	Shropshire	1974	1988	Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Church Aston. See also Table 2, note (a).
Madeley	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).
Newport	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Oakengates	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parishes of Hadley and Ketley. See also Table 2, note (c).
Preston upon the Weald Moors	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Rodington	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Ryton	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Sheriffhales	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Shifnal	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
St. George's & Priorslee	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Lilleshall & Donnington. See also Table 2, note (c).
Stirchley & Brookside	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).
Stockton	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Sutton Maddock	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
The Gorge	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).
The Wrekin*	Shropshire	1974	1988	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Dawley Magna, Oakengates and Wellington Urban. Abolished 1.4.1988 and divided between the parishes of Dawley Hamlets, Great Dawley, Hadley, Hollinswood & Randlay, Ketley, Lawley and Overdale, Lilleshall and Donnington, Little Wenlock, Madeley, Oakengates, St. George's and Priorslee, Stirchley & Brookside, The Gorge, Wellington, Wrockwardine and Wrockwardine Wood. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Tibberton	Shropshire	1974	1988	Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Tibberton & Cherrington. See also Table 2, note (a).
Tibberton & Cherrington	Shropshire	1988	1998	See Table 2, note (c).
Tong	Shropshire	1974	1987	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Waters Upton	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Wellington	Shropshire	1988	1998	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parishes Ercall Magna, Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Hadley and Wrockwardine. See also Table 2, note (c).
Wellington Rural	Shropshire	1974	1976	Renamed 15.7.1976 to become the parish of Ketley. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Woodcote	Shropshire	1974	1988	Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Chetwynd Aston. See also Table 2, note (a).
Wrockwardine	Shropshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Wrockwardine Wood	Shropshire	1988	1989	Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Hadley. Renamed 10.5.1989 to become the parish of Wrockwardine Wood & Trench. See also Table 2, note (c).
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench	Shropshire	1989	1998	Created 10.5.1989 by renaming the parish of Wrockwardine Wood. See also Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wrekin Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1974 (created)	(a)	Gained the Telford & Wrekin unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Dawley Magna, Oakengates and Wellington Urban) and the parishes of Albrighton, Badger, Beckbury, Bolas Magna, Boningale, Boscobel, Cherrington, Chetwynd, Chetwynd Aston, Church Aston, Donington, Edgmond, Ercall Magna, Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Hadley, Kemberton, Kynnersley, Lilleshall, Little Wenlock, Longdon upon Tern, Longford, Newport, Preston upon the Weald Moors, Rodington, Ryton, Sheriffhales, Shifnal, Shifnal, Stockton, Sutton Maddock, Tibberton, Tong, Waters Upton, Wellington Rural, Woodcote and Wrockwardine, from Wellington registration district	118371 in 1971
1.4.1987	(b)	Lost the parishes of Albrighton, Badger, Beckbury, Boningale, Boscobel, Donington, Kemberton, Ryton, Sheriffhales, Shifnal, Stockton, Sutton Maddock and Tong, to Bridgnorth registration district.	n/a
1.4.1998 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the parishes of Chetwynd, Chetwynd Aston & Woodcote, Church Aston, Edgmond, Ercall Magna, Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Great Dawley, Hadley, Hollinswood & Randlay, Ketley, Kynnersley, Lilleshall & Donnington, Little Wenlock, Newport, Lawley & Overdale, Madeley, Oakengates, Preston upon the Weald Moors, Rodington, St. George's & Priorslee, Stirchley & Brookside, The Gorge, Tibberton & Cherrington, Waters Upton, Wellington, Wrockwardine and Wrockwardine Wood & Trench, to Telford & Wrekin registration district	135099 in 1991

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