Holywell Registration District

HOLYWELL REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Flintshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Delyn registration district).
Sub-districts : Flint, Holywell, Mold, Whitford.
GRO volumes : XXVII (1837-51), 11b (1852-1946), 8A (1946-74).
Registers currently held at : Flintshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Holywell Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Brynford	Flintshire	1897	1974	Created 1.4.1897 out of the parish of Holywell Rural. See also Table 2, note (e).
Buckley (Mold)	Flintshire	1897	1901	Created 1.10.1897 out of the parish of Mold Rural. See also Table 2, note (a).
Caerwys	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Cilcain	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Coleshill Fawr	Flintshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Holywell in Flint Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Flint.
Connahs Quay	Flintshire	1896	1967	Created 1.10.1896 from the part of the parish of Northop in Connahs Quay Urban District. See also Table 2, note (d).
Flint	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Gwaenysgor	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Halkyn	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Holywell	Flintshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Holywell Rural, Holywell Urban, and Coleshill Fawr.
Holywell Rural	Flintshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Holywell. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become parts of the parishes of Flint and Holywell Urban.
Holywell Urban	Flintshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Holywell in Holywell Urban District. Renamed 1.4.1974 to become the community of Holywell.
Llanasa	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Mold	Flintshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Mold Rural and Mold Urban.
Mold Rural	Flintshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Mold. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Mold Urban	Flintshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Mold. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become parts of the parishes of Mold and Leeswood. See also Table 2, note (e).
Nannerch	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Nerquis	Flintshire	1837	1974	Renamed 1.4.1974 to become the community of Nercwys. See also Table 2, note (e).
Newmarket	Flintshire	1837	1974	Renamed 1.4.1974 to become the community of Trelawnyd. See also Table 2, note (e).
Northop	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Whitford	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Ysceifiog	Flintshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Holywell Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1901	(a)	Lost the parish of Buckley (Mold) to Chester registration district.	3326 in 1901
1.10.1935	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Mold Rural (which became part of the parish of Buckley (Mold) on 1.4.1934) to Hawarden registration district.	154 in 1931
1.10.1935	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Llanasa (which became part of the parish of Prestatyn on 1.4.1934) to St. Asaph registration district.	21 in 1931
1.4.1967	(d)	Lost the parish of Connahs Quay to Hawarden registration district.	8375 in 1961
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the constituent parishes of Brynford, Caerwys, Cilcain, Flint, Gwaenysgor, Halkyn, Holywell Urban, Llanasa, Mold Rural, Mold Urban, Nannerch, Nerquis, Newmarket, Northop, Whitford, and Ysceifiog (which were transferred from Flintshire to the county of Clwyd on 1.4.1974) to Delyn registration district	56880 in 1971

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