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ST. HELENS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1A: List of Places in St. Helens Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

St. Helens

Lancashire

1935

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the St. Helens unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).


Table 1B: List of Places in St. Helens Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in St. Helens registration district became part of the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish
(*or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Billinge Chapel End

Merseyside

1974

Created 1.4.1974 out of the parish of Billinge & Winstanley. See also Table 2, notes (c). (m) and (n).

Bold

Merseyside

1974

See Table 2, notes (f), (g), (j) and (k).

Eccleston

Merseyside

1974

See Table 2, notes (e), (h) and (i).

Rainford

Merseyside

1974

See Table 2, notes (f), (l) and (n).

Rainhill

Merseyside

1974

See Table 2, notes (e), (h) and (i).

Seneley Green

Merseyside

1974

Created 1.4.1974 out of the parish of Ashton in Makerfield. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (m).

St. Helens*

Merseyside

1974

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and St. Helens. See also Table 2, notes (d), (j), (k), (m) and (n).

Windle

Merseyside

1974

See Table 2, notes (e), (h) and (i).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting St. Helens Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.7.1935 (created)

(a)

Gained the parish of St. Helens from Prescot registration district.

107452 in 1931

1.4.1954

(b)

Gained part of the parish of St. Helens (which until 1.4.1954 formed part of the parish of Windle) from Prescot registration district.

2261 in 1951

1.4.1974

(c)

Gained the parishes of Billinge Chapel End and Seneley Green (which until 1.4.1974 formed parts of the parishes of Billinge & Winstanley and Ashton in Makerfield) from Ince registration district.

11528 in 1971

(d)

Gained part of the St. Helens unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Haydock and Newton-le-Willows) from Newton registration district.

36347 in 1971

(e)

Gained the parishes of Eccleston, Rainhill and Windle from Prescot registration district.

26419 in 1971

(f)

Gained the parishes of Bold and Rainford from Widnes registration district.

8404 in 1971

1.4.1994

(g)

Lost part of the parish of Bold (which was added to the Halton unparished area on 1.4.1994) to Halton registration district

120 in 1993

(h)

Lost parts of the parishes of Eccleston and Rainhill (which became parts of the parishes of Cronton, Knowsley, Prescot and Whiston on 1.4.1994) to Knowsley registration district.

2 in 1993

(i)

Gained parts of the parishes of Eccleston, Rainhill and Windle (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the Knowsley unparished area and parts of the parishes of Cronton, Knowsley, Prescot and Whiston) from Knowsley registration district.

210 in 1993

(j)

Lost parts of the parish of Bold and parts of the St. Helens unparished area (which on 1.4.1994 became parts of the parishes of Burtonwood, Croft, Cuerdley, Culcheth & Glazebury and Winwick) to Warrington registration district.

10 in 1993

(k)

Gained part of the parish of Bold and parts of the St. Helens unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the parishes of Burtonwood and Winwick) from Warrington registration district.

0 in 1993

(l)

Gained part of the parish of Rainford (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the parish of Bickerstaffe) from West Lancashire registration district.

0 in 1993

(m)

Lost parts of the parishes of Billinge Chapel End and Seneley Green and parts of the St. Helens unparished area (which all became parts of the Wigan unparished area on 1.4.1994) to Wigan registration district.

n/a

(n)

Gained parts of the parishes of Billinge Chapel End and Rainford and part of the St. Helens unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the Wigan unparished area) from Wigan registration district.

n/a



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