Weardale Registration District

List of Districts

WEARDALE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham
Created : 1.7.1837
Abolished : 1.7.1938 (added to Durham Western registration district).
Sub-districts : St. John, Stanhope, Wolsingham
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837–51); 10a (1852–1938).
District number : 283c (1841–46); 544 (1847–69); 545 (1870–80); 547 (1881–1908); 549 (1909–38).

Table 1: List of Places in Weardale Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Edmondbyers	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (a).
Hunstanworth	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (a).
Stanhope	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (a).
Stanhope Urban	Durham	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Stanhope in Stanhope Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Stanhope.
Tow Law	Durham	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Wolsingham in Tow Law Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Wolsingham	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Weardale Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1938 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the parishes of Edmondbyers, Hunstantworth, Stanhope, Tow Law,and Wolsingham, to Durham Western registration district.	14147 in 1931

© Copyright and Database Right 1996–2023

The information on this page may not be reproduced without the consent of the copyright holder.

Hosted by UKBMD - Births, Marriages, Deaths & Censuses on the Internet