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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Staffordshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.
For the purposes of these pages, "Staffordshire" refers to:
Click on a district name to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.
Registration District |
Registration County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Staffordshire |
1966 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1966 out of Wednesbury, Cannock, Lichfield, Walsall, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Walsall registration district. |
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1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 1.10.1935. |
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Staffordshire |
1935 |
1966 |
Created 1.4.1935 out of Wolverhampton registration district. Abolished 1.4.1966 and divided between Seisdon, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Dudley and West Bromwich registration districts. |
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1924 |
1932 |
Created 1.9.1924 out of King's Norton, Birmingham and Aston registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Birmingham and Smethwick registration districts. |
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1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 20.10.1844. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to East Staffordshire registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1877 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1877 by renaming Penkridge registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire registration districts. |
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Staffordshire |
1974 |
2008 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Cannock and Lichfield registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2008 and added to Staffordshire registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Staffordshire Moorlands and East Staffordshire registration districts. |
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1837 |
1893 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 1.10.1893. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1912 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 1.4.1912. |
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Staffordshire |
1974 |
2008 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Burton upon Trent, Lichfield and Cheadle registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2008 and added to Staffordshire registration district. |
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1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 30.9.1895. |
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1837 |
1912 |
Abolished 1.9.1924 and added to Birmingham South registration district. |
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1912 |
1924 |
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Staffordshire |
1934 |
1937 |
Created 1.7.1934 out of Stourbridge registration district. Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Rowley Regis registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Staffordshire Moorlands registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.10.2008 and added to Staffordshire registration district. |
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1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 1.10.1935. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.10.2008 and added to Staffordshire registration district. |
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1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 1.10.1935. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1877 |
Renamed 1.4.1877 to become Cannock registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1935 |
1966 |
Created 1.4.1935 out of Dudley registration district. Abolished 1.4.1966 and divided between Dudley, Warley West, Wolverhampton, Seisdon, West Bromwich, Stourbridge and Walsall registration districts. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1839 |
Abolished 31.3.1839 and added to Wolverhampton registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1966 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1966 out of Bilston, Rowley Regis and Wolverhampton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to South Staffordshire registration district. |
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1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 1.10.1935. |
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Staffordshire |
1932 |
1966 |
Created 1.10.1932 out of West Bromwich registration district. Abolished 1.4.1966 and divided between Warley East, West Bromwich and Birmingham registration districts. |
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Staffordshire |
1974 |
2008 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Cannock and Seisdon registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2008 and added to Staffordshire registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.10.2008 and added to Staffordshire registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
2008 |
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Created 1.10.2008 from Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands registration districts. |
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Staffordshire |
1974 |
2008 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Leek and Cheadle registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2008 and added to Staffordshire registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1935 |
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Created 1.1.1935 out of Stoke & Wolstanton registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1922 |
Abolished 1.7.1922 and added to Stoke & Wolstanton registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1922 |
1934 |
Created 1.7.1922 out of Stoke upon Trent, Wolstanton, Leek, Cheadle and Stone registration districts. Abolished 1.1.1935 and divided between Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme registration districts |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Stafford registration district. |
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1837 |
1934 |
Partly in Staffordshire until 1.7.1934. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.10.1939 and added to Lichfield registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.10.1939 and divided between Cheadle and Lichfield registration districts. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to West Midlands on 1.4.1974. |
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Staffordshire |
1932 |
1966 |
Created 1.10.1932 out of West Bromwich registration district. Abolished 1.4.1966 and divided between Aldridge & Brownhills, West Bromwich, Walsall, Lichfield, Cannock, Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Warley West registration districts. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Sandwell registration district. |
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Staffordshire |
1838 |
1922 |
Created 16.1.1838 out of Newcastle-under-Lyme registration district. Abolished 1.7.1922 and divided between Stoke & Wolstanton and Leek registration districts. |
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Staffordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to West Midlands on 1.4.1974. |
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