Newton Registration District

List of Districts

NEWTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.4.1934 (out of Warrington registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Warrington and St. Helens registration districts).
Sub-districts : Newton in Makerfield, Newton le Willows, Winwick
GRO volumes : 8c (1852-1946), 10F (1946-74).
Registers currently held at : Warrington and St. Helens.

Table 1: List of Places in Newton Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Burtonwood	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (l).
Croft	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (l).
Cuerdley	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (l).
Great Sankey	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (l).
Haydock	Lancashire	1934	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Newton in Makerfield	Lancashire	1934	1939	Renamed 1.6.1939 to become the parish of Newton le Willows. See also Table 2, note (a).
Newton le Willows	Lancashire	1939	1974	Created 1.6.1939 by renaming the parish of Newton in Makerfield. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (k).
Penketh	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (e) and (l).
Poulton-with-Fearnhead	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (l).
Rixton-with-Glazebrook	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (h), (i), (j) and (l).
Winwick	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (l).
Woolston	Lancashire	1934	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (f) and (l).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Newton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1934 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Burtonwood, Croft, Cuerdley, Great Sankey, Haydock, Newton in Makerfield, Penketh, Poulton-with-Fearnhead, Rixton-with-Glazebrook, Winwick, and Woolston, from Warrington registration district.	44940 in 1931
1.4.1937	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Woolston (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Lymm) from Bucklow registration district.	4 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Croft (which until 1.10.1933 formed part of the parish of Culcheth) from Leigh registration district.	401 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Cuerdley (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Norton) from Runcorn registration district.	28 in 1931
	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Penketh (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Acton Grange and Moore) from Runcorn registration district.	35 in 1931
	(f)	Gained parts of the parish of Woolston (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Grappenhall and Thelwall) from Runcorn registration district.	3 in 1931
1.4.1954	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Winwick (which became part of the parish of Warrington on 1.4.1954) to Warrington registration district.
1.4.1969	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook (which became part of the parish of Irlam on 1.4.1969) to Barton registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook (which until 1.4.1969 formed part of the parish of Irlam) from Barton registration district.
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Rixton-with-Glazebrook (which until 1.4.1969 formed part of the parish of Golborne) from Leigh registration district.
1.4.1974	(k)	Lost the parishes of Haydock and Newton le Willows (which were transferred from Lancashire to the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1974) to St. Helens registration district.	36347 in 1971
1.4.1974	(l)	Lost the parishes of Burtonwood, Croft, Cuerdley, Great Sankey, Penketh, Poulton-with-Fearnhead, Rixton-with-Glazebrook, Winwick, and Woolston (which were transferred from Lancashire to the county of Cheshire on 1.4.1974) to Warrington registration district.	50419 in 1971

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