Wednesbury Registration District

WEDNESBURY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire.
Created : 1.10.1932 (out of West Bromwich registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1966 (to become part of Aldridge & Brownhills, West Bromwich, Walsall, Lichfield, Cannock, Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and Warley West registration districts).
Sub-districts : Aldridge, Darlaston, Wednesbury, Tipton.
GRO volumes : 6b (1932-46), 9B (1946-74).
Registers currently held at : Walsall, Birmingham, Dudley, Staffordshire (Lichfield), Sandwell and Wolverhampton.

Table 1: List of Places in Wednesbury Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Aldridge	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 to become parts of the parishes of Aldridge Brownhills, Birmingham, Shenstone, Walsall, and West Bromwich. See also Table 2, notes (b), (g), (h), (k), (l) and (n).
Darlaston	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 to become parts of the parishes of Walsall and Wolverhampton. See also Table 2, notes (b), (l) and (o).
Great Barr	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 to become parts of the parishes of Aldridge Brownhills and West Bromwich. See also Table 2, notes (b), (g) and (n).
Pelsall	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 to become parts of the parishes of Aldridge Brownhills and Cannock. See also Table 2, notes (b), (g) and (i).
Rushall	Staffordshire	1935	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 to become parts of the parishes of Aldridge Brownhills and Walsall. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Short Heath	Staffordshire	1935	1935	Only that part not included in Bilston registration district. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Tipton	Staffordshire	1937	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 to become parts of the parishes of West Bromwich, Dudley, and Warley. See also Table 2, notes (f), (j), (m) and (n).
Wednesbury	Staffordshire	1932	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 to become parts of the parishes of West Bromwich and Walsall. See also Table 2, notes (a), (l) and (n).
Walsall Wood	Staffordshire	1935	1935	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wednesbury Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1932 (created)	(a)	Gained the parish of Wednesbury from West Bromwich registration district.	31531 in 1931
1.4.1935	(b)	Gained the parishes of Aldridge, Darlaston, Great Barr, Pelsall, Rushall, and Walsall Wood, from Walsall registration district.	42096 in 1931
1.4.1935	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Short Heath (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Bentley), from Walsall registration district.	190 in 1931
1.10.1935	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Short Heath (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Bentley), to Bilston registration district.	190 in 1931
1.10.1935	(e)	Lost the parish of Walsall Wood to Cannock registration district.	7597 in 1931
1.4.1937	(f)	Gained the pairsh of Tipton from Rowley Regis registration district.	35814 in 1931
1.4.1966 (abolished)	(g)	Lost parts of the parishes of Aldridge, Great Barr, Pelsall, and Rushall (which became part of the parish of Aldridge Brownhills on 1.4.1966) to Aldridge & Brownhills registration district.
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Aldridge (which became part of the parish of Birmingham on 1.4.1966) to Birmingham registration district.
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Pelsall (which became part of the parish of Cannock on 1.4.1966) to Cannock registration district.
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Tipton (which became part of the parish of Dudley on 1.4.1966) to Dudley registration district.
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Aldridge (which became part of the parish of Shenstone on 1.4.1966) to Lichfield registration district.
	(l)	Lost parts of the parishes of Aldridge, Darlaston, and Wednesbury (which became parts of the parish of Walsall on 1.4.1966) to Walsall registration district.
	(m)	Lost part of the parish of Tipton (which became part of the parish of Warley on 1.4.1966) to Warley West, registration district.
	(n)	Lost parts of the parishes of Aldridge, Great Barr, Tipton, and Wednesbury (which became part of the parish of West Bromwich on 1.4.1966) to West Bromwich registration district.
	(o)	Lost part of the parish of Darlaston (which became part of the parish of Wolverhampton on 1.4.1966) to Wolverhampton registration district.

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