Northwich Registration District

NORTHWICH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Vale Royal and Congleton & Crewe registration districts).
Sub-districts : Middlewich (1837-1937); Northwich (1837-1974); Over (1837-1937); Weaverham (1837-1937); Winsford (1937-74).
GRO volumes : XIX (1837-51), 8a (1852-1946), 10A (1946-74).
Registers currently held at : Cheshire West & Chester and Cheshire East.

Table 1: List of Places in Northwich Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Acton	Cheshire	1837	1967	Abolished 23.2.1967 to become the parish of Acton Bridge.
Acton Bridge	Cheshire	1967	1974	Created 23.2.1967 by renaming the parish of Acton. See also Table 2, note (n).
Allostock	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Anderton	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Barnton	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Birches	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Lach Dennis.
Bostock	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Bradwall (part)	Cheshire	1936	1937	Only that part which until 1.4.1936 formed a detached part of the parish of Kinderton. See also Table 2, note (e).
Byley	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (f) and (n).
Castle Northwich	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 29.9.1894 to become part of the parish of Northwich.
Clive	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Winsford and Stanthorne.
Cogshall	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of the parish of Comberbach.
Comberbach	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Crowton	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (c) and (n).
Croxton	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Byley.
Cuddington	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Darnhall	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Davenham	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Delamere (1936-37 part only)	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (g) and (n).
Dutton (part)	Cheshire	1936	1937	Only that part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Acton. See also Table 2, note (h).
Eaton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Davenham, Winsford, and Hartford.
Eddisbury	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of the parish of Delamere.
Goostrey cum Barnshaw	Cheshire	1837	1867	See Table 2, note (a).
Hartford	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Hulse	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Lach Dennis.
Kinderton	Cheshire	1894	1936	Created 30.9.1894 from the rural parts of the parishes of Newton and Kinderton cum Hulme. Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Middlewich, Sproston, Bradwall, Tetton, Byley, Stanthorne, and Wimboldsley. See also Table 2, note (h).
Kinderton cum Hulme	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 30.9.1894 to become parts of the parishes of Middlewich and Kinderton.
Lach Dennis	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (i) and (n).
Leftwich	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Davenham, Hartford, and Northwich.
Little Budworth	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Little Leigh	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Lostock Gralam	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Low Oulton	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Little Budworth.
Marbury	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Marston	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Marton	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Middlewich	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (m) and (n).
Mooresbarrow with Parme	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Sproston.
Moulton	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Nether Peover	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Newhall	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Lach Dennis.
Newton	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 30.9.1894 to become parts of the parishes of Middlewich and Kinderton.
Northwich	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Oakmere	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Occlestone	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Wimboldsley.
Onston	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Crowton.
Over	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Winsford, Darnhall, Marton, and Davenham.
Ravenscroft	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Byley.
Rudheath	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (n).
Rushton	Cheshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (n).
Shipbrook	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Whatcroft.
Shurlach	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Rudheath.
Sproston	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Stanthorne	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Stublach	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Lach Dennis.
Sutton	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Newton.
Tabley Inferior (part)	Cheshire	1936	1937	Only that part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Wincham. See also Table 2, note (k).
Tarporley	Cheshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (n).
Tetton (part)	Cheshire	1936	1937	Only that part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Kinderton. See also Table 2, note (e).
Utkinton	Cheshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (n).
Unnamed	Cheshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Marton in Winsford Urban District (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Over). Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of the parish of Winsford.
Unnamed	Cheshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Over (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Marton). Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of the parish of Winsford.
Wallerscoat	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Winnington.
Weaver	Cheshire	1837	1892	Abolished 25.3.1892 to become part of the parish of Darnhall.
Weaverham	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Wharton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Winsford and Bostock.
Whatcroft	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Wimboldsley	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (n).
Wincham	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).
Winnington	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Northwich, Hartford, and Weaverham cum Milton.
Winsford	Cheshire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Over, Wharton, Clive, Stanthorne, Marton, Darnhall, Eaton, Bostock, Moulton, and two unnamed parishes. See also Table 2, note (n).
Witton cum Twambrooks	Cheshire	1837	1894	Abolished 29.9.1894 to become part of the parish of Northwich.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Northwich Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
8.3.1867	(a)	Lost the parish of Goostrey cum Barnshaw to Congleton registration district.	268 in 1861
20.12.1881	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Crowton (which until 20.12.1881 formed a detached part of the parish of Norley) from Runcorn registration district.	0 in 1881
24.3.1883	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Crowton, including Firwood Moss (which became part of the parish of Norley on 24.3.1883) to Runcorn registration district.	3 in 1891
24.3.1889	(d)	Lost two detached parts of the parish of Rudheath (which became parts of the parishes of Cranage and Twemlow on 24.3.1889) to Congleton registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1937	(e)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Bradwall and Tetton (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parish of Kinderton) to Crewe registration district.	10 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Byley (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Leese) from Congleton registration district.	38 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Delamere (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Utkinton) from Chester registration district.	0 in 1931
	(h)	Lost the part in the parish of Dutton (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Acton) to Runcorn registration district.	28 in 1931
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Lach Dennis (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Cranage and Leese) from Congleton registration district.	38 in 1931
	(j)	Gained the parishes of Rushton, Tarporley, and Utkinton, from Chester registration district.	2452 in 1931
	(k)	Lost the part in the parish of Tabley Inferior (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Wincham) to Bucklow registration district.	7 in 1931
	(l)	Gained part of the parish of Wincham (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Pickmere) from Bucklow registration district.	21 in 1931
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the parish of Middlewich to Congleton & Crewe registration district.	7848 in 1971
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(n)	Lost the parishes of Acton Bridge, Allostock, Anderton, Barnton, Bostock, Byley, Comberbach, Crowton, Cuddington, Darnhall, Davenham, Delamere, Hartford, Lach Dennis, Little Budworth, Little Leigh, Lostock Gralam, Marbury, Marston, Marton, Moulton, Nether Peover, Northwich, Oakmere, Rudheath, Rushton, Sproston, Stanthorne, Tarporley, Utkinton, Weaverham, Whatcroft, Wimboldsley, Wincham, and Winsford, to Vale Royal registration district.	86237 in 1971

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