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 (f).
Bickerstaffe	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c), (e) and (f).
Bispham	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Burscough	Lancashire	1983	2005	Created 1.4.1983 out of the unparished area of Ormskirk. See also Table 2, note (f).
Dalton	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Downholland	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Great Altcar	Lancashire	1974	2005	Created 1.4.1974 out of the parish of Altcar. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Halsall	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Hesketh with Becconsall	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Lathom	Lancashire	1983	2005	Created 1.4.1983 out of the unparished area of Ormskirk. See also Table 2, note (f).
Newburgh	Lancashire	1983	2005	Created 1.4.1983 out of the unparished area of Ormskirk. See also Table 2, note (f).
North Meols	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Ormskirk	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the urban district of Ormskirk, and the parishes of Burscough, Lathom, and Ormskirk. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Parbold	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Rufford	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Scarisbrick	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Skelmersdale & Holland	Lancashire	1974	2005	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the urban district of Skelmersdale & Holland, and the parishes of Skelmersdale and Upholland. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Tarleton	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Up Holland	Lancashire	1983	2005	Created 1.4.1983 out of the unparished area of Skelmersdale & Holland. See also Table 2, note (f).
Wrightington	Lancashire	1974	2005	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).

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 and Skelmersdale & Holland, 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.
1.4.1994	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Bickerstaffe (which became part of the parish of Rainford on 1.4.1994) to St. Helens registration district.	0 in 1993
1.6.2005 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the constituent parishes of Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Bispham, Burscough, Dalton, Downholland, Great Altcar, Halsall, Hesketh with Becconsall, Lathom, Newburgh, North Meols, Parbold, Rufford, Scarisbrick, Tarleton, Up Holland, and Wrightington, and the unparished areas of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale & Holland, to Lancashire registration district.

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