Dudley Registration District

DUDLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire (1837-1912), Worcestershire (1913-66), Staffordshire (1966-74), West Midlands (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Brierley Hill, Dudley, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, Tipton, Wordsley.
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837-51), 6c (1852-1912), 6b (1913-35), 6c (1935-46), 9D (1946-66), 9B (1966-74), 33 (1974-92).
Registers currently held at : Dudley and Sandwell.

Table 1A: List of Places in Dudley Registration District (1837-1912)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Coseley	Staffordshire	1903	1912	Created 30.9.1903 from the part of the parish of Sedgley in Coseley Urban District.
Dudley	Worcestershire	1837	1912
Dudley Castle Hill	Worcestershire	1837	1889	Transferred from Worcestershire to the county of Staffordshire on 1.4.1889.
Dudley Castle Hill	Staffordshire	1889	1912
Rowley Regis	Staffordshire	1837	1912
Sedgley	Staffordshire	1837	1912	See Table 2, note (a).
Tipton	Staffordshire	1837	1912

Table 1B: List of Places in Dudley Registration District (1913-66)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Coseley	Staffordshire	1913	1935	Created 30.9.1903 from the part of the parish of Sedgley in Coseley Urban District. See also Table 2, note (b).
Dudley	Worcestershire	1913	1966	See also Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Dudley Castle Hill	Staffordshire	1913	1929	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Dudley.
Rowley Regis	Staffordshire	1913	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Sedgley	Staffordshire	1913	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Tipton	Staffordshire	1913	1935	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 1C: List of Places in Dudley Registration District (1966-74)

All the areas in Dudley registration district became part of the county of Stafordshire on 1.4.1966.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Dudley	Staffordshire	1966	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e), (f) and (h).

Table 1D: List of Places in Dudley Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Dudley registration district became part of the county of West Midlands on 1.4.1974.

Unparished Area	County	From	To	Comments
Dudley	West Midlands	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Dudley.
Halesowen	West Midlands	2002		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the municipal borough of Halesowen, and the parishes of Cradley, Halesowen, Hasbury, Hawne, Hill & Cakemore, Illey, Lapal, and Lutley. See also Table 2, note (i).
Stourbridge	West Midlands	2002		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the municipal borough of Stourbridge, and the parishes of Lye, Pedmore, Stourbridge, Upper Swinford, Wollaston, and Wollescote. See also Table 2, note (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dudley Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Sedgeley, including Barns Meadow at Willingsworth (which became part of the parish of Darlaston on 24.3.1883) to Walsall registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1935	(b)	Lost the parishes of Coseley, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, and Tipton, to Rowley Regis registration district.	121448 in 1931
1.4.1954	(c)	Gained parts of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1954 formed parts of the parishes of Brierley Hill, Coseley, Rowley Regis, and Sedgeley) from Rowley Regis registration district.
1.4.1966	(d)	Gained parts of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Himley and Kinver) from Bilston registration district.
	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Coseley, Rowley Regis, and Sedgley) from Rowley Regis registration district.
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Stourbridge) from Stourbridge registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Dudley (which became part of the parish of Warley on 1.4.1966) to Warley West registration district.
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Dudley (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Tipton) from Wednesbury registration district.
1.6.2002	(i)	Gained the unparished areas of Halesowen and Stourbridge from Stourbridge registration district.

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