West Lancashire Registration District

WEST LANCASHIRE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.4.1974 (out of Ormskirk, Ince, and Crosby registration districts).
Abolished : 1.6.2005 (to become part of Lancashire registration district).
Sub-districts : Tarleton, West Lancashire.
GRO volumes : 40 (1974-92).
Registers currently held at : Lancashire.

Table 1: List of Places in West Lancashire Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Aughton	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Bickerstaffe	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c), (e), (g) and (m).
Bispham	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Burscough	Lancashire	1983	2005	Created 1.4.1983 out of the unparished area of Ormskirk. See also Table 2, note (m).
Dalton	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Downholland	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c), (h), (i) and (m).
Great Altcar	Lancashire	1974	2005	Created 1.4.1974 out of the parish of Altcar. See also Table 2, notes (a), (i) and (m).
Halsall	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c), (h) and (m).
Hesketh-with-Becconsall	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Hilldale	Lancashire	1999	2005	Created 1.4.1999 out of the parish of Wrightington. See als Table 2, note (m).
Lathom	Lancashire	1983	2005	Created 1.4.1983 out of the unparished area of Ormskirk. See also Table 2, note (m).
Newburgh	Lancashire	1983	2005	Created 1.4.1983 out of the unparished area of Ormskirk. See also Table 2, note (m).
North Meols	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c), (h), (i) and (m).
Ormskirk	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Burscough, Lathom, and Ormskirk. Abolished 1.4.1983 and divided between the parishes of Burscough, Lathom and Newburgh. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Parbold	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Rufford	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Scarisbrick	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c), (h) and (m).
Simonswood	Lancashire	1994	2005	See Table 2, notes (f), (j) and (m).
Skelmersdale	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Skelmersdale. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Tarleton	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Up Holland	Lancashire	1983	2005	Created 1.4.1983 out of the unparished area of Upholland. See also Table 2, note (m).
Upholland	Lancashire	1983	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Upholland. Abolished 1.4.1983 and divided between the parishes of Up Holland and Wrightington, and the unparished area of Skelmersdale. See also Table 2, note (c).
Wrightington	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (b), (d), (e), (k), (l) and (m).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting West Lancashire Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1974 (created)	(a)	Gained the parish of Great Altcar (which until 1.4.1974 formed part of the parish of Altcar) from Crosby registration district.	253 in 1971
	(b)	Gained the parishes of Dalton, Parbold, and Wrightington, from Ince registration district.	5944 in 1971
	(c)	Gained the parishes of Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Bispham, Downholland, Halsall, Hesketh-with-Becconsall, North Meols, Rufford, Scarisbrick, and Tarleton, and the unparished areas of Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, and Upholland, from Ormskirk registration district.	82280 in 1971
1.4.1982	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Wrightington (which until 1.4.1982 formed part of the parish of Shevington) from Wigan registration district.	45 in 1981
1.4.1994	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Wrightington (which became part of the parish of Coppull on 1.4.1994) to Chorley registration district.	0 in 1993
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Simonswood (which was transferred from Merseyside to Lancashire on 1.4.1994) from Knowsley registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Bickerstaffe (which became part of the Merseyside parish of Rainford on 1.4.1994) to St. Helens registration district.	0 in 1993
	(h)	Lost parts of the parishes of Downholland, Halsall, North Meols and Scarisbrick which became part of the unparished area of Southport in the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1994) to Sefton North registration district.	3 in 1993
	(i)	Gained parts of the parishes of Downholland, Great Altcar, and North Meols (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the unparished area of Southport in the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1994) from Sefton North registration district.	10 in 1993
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Simonswood (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the Lancashire parish of Melling) from Sefton South registration district.
	(k)	Lost parts of the parish of Wrightington (which became part of the unparished area of Standish-with-Langtree, and part of the parish of Shevington on 1.4.1994) to Wigan registration district.
	(l)	Gained parts of the parish of Wrightington (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the unparished area of Standish-with-Langtree, and part of the parish of Shevington) from Wigan registration district.
1.6.2005 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the constituent parishes of Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Bispham, Burscough, Dalton, Downholland, Great Altcar, Halsall, Hesketh-with-Becconsall, Hilldale, Lathom, Newburgh, North Meols, Parbold, Rufford, Scarisbrick, Simonswood, Tarleton, Up Holland, and Wrightington, and the unparished areas of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale, to Lancashire registration district.

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