South Shields Registration District

SOUTH SHIELDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham (1837-1974); Tyne & Wear (1974-2000).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.2001 (to become part of South Tyneside registration district).
Sub-districts : Hebburn, Jarrow, South Shields, South Shields First, South Shields Rural, South Shields Second, Westoe.
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837-51), 10A (1852-1946), 1A (1946-74), 2 (1974-92).
Registers currently held at : South Tyneside.

Table 1A: List of Places in South Shields Registration District (1837-1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Boldon	Durham	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Boldon Colliery	Durham	1895	1936	Created 1.4.1895 out of the parish of Boldon. Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Boldon, Heworth, and Jarrow. See also Table 2, note (c).
Harton	Durham	1837	1921	Abolished 1.11.1921 to become parts of the parishes of South Shields and Whitburn.
Hebburn	Durham	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow in Hebburn Urban District. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow	Durham	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Jarrow, Hebburn, and Monkton.
Jarrow	Durham	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow in Jarrow Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, note (b).
Monkton	Durham	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow. Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Jarrow, Boldon, Hebburn, Heworth, and South Shields. See also Table 2, note (e).
South Shields	Durham	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (f).
Westoe	Durham	1837	1897	Abolished 30.3.1897 to become part of the parish of Westoe.
Whitburn	Durham	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 to become parts of the parishes of Boldon and South Shields. See also Table 2, note (a).

Table 1B: List of Places in South Shields Registration District (1974-2000)

All the areas in South Shields registration district became part of the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974.

Unparished Area	County	From	To	Comments
South Shields	Tyne & Wear	1974	2000	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of South Shields. See also Table 2, note (g).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting South Shields Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1928	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Whitburn (which became part of the parish of Sunderland on 1.4.1928) to Sunderland registration district.	54 in 1921
1.1.1938	(b)	Lost the parishes of Boldon, Hebburn, and Jarrow, to Durham North Eastern registration district.	76766 in 1931
	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Boldon Colliery (which became part of the parish of Heworth on 1.4.1936) to Durham North Eastern registration district.	95 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Hebburn (which became part of the parish of Heworth on 1.4.1936) to Durham North Eastern registration district.	89 in 1931
	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Monkton (which became part of the parish of Heworth on 1.4.1936) to Durham North Eastern registration district.	43 in 1931
1.4.1951	(f)	Gained part of the parish of South Shields (which until 1.4.1951 formed part of the parish of Boldon) from Durham North Eastern registration district.
1.1.2001	(g)	Lost the constituent unparished area of South Shields to South Tyneside registration district.

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