List of Districts |
Table 1: List of Places in Farnworth Registration District
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Blackrod |
1968 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (f). |
|
Farnworth |
1935 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Bolton unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (f). |
|
Horwich |
1968 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (f). |
|
Kearsley |
1935 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Bolton unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (f). |
|
Little Hulton |
1935 |
1937 |
See Table 2, notes (b) and (c). |
|
Little Lever |
1935 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Bolton unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (f). |
|
Turton |
1968 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between the Bolton unparished area and the parish of Turton North. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f). |
|
Westhoughton |
1968 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Bolton unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (f). |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Farnworth Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
1.10.1935 (created) |
(a) |
Gained the part of the parish of Kearsley (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Clifton and Outwood) from Barton registration district. |
1475 in 1931 |
(b) |
Gained the parishes of Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Hulton and Little Lever, from Bolton registration district. |
51272 in 1931 |
|
1.4.1937 |
(c) |
Lost the parish of Little Hulton to Barton registration district. |
7874 in 1931 |
1.1.1968 |
(d) |
Gained the parishes of Blackrod, Horwich, Turton and Westhoughton, from Horwich registration district |
49642 in 1961 |
1.4.1974 (abolished) |
(e) |
Lost part of the parish of Turton (which became the parish of Turton North on 1.4.1974) to Blackburn registration district. |
2987 in 1971 |
(f) |
Lost the parishes of Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever, Westhoughton and the remaining part of the parish of Turton (which all became parts of the Bolton unparished area on 1.4.1974) to Bolton registration district. |
99978 in 1971 |
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