Wortley Registration District

WORTLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding.
Created : 1.10.1838 (out of Ecclesfield registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (divided between Sheffield and Barnsley registration districts).
Sub-districts : Bradfield, Cawthorne, Ecclesfield, High Hoyland, Penistone, Wortley
GRO volumes : XXII (1838–51); 9c (1852–1946); 2D (1946–74).
District number : 257c (1841–46); 506 (1847–80); 507 (1881–1908); 508 (1909–10); 508b (1911–46); 81 (1946–74).

Table 1: List of Places in Wortley Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bradfield	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (f), (h) and (m).
Cawthorne	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1910	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Clayton West	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1910	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Denby	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1910	See Table 2, notes (b), (c), (e) and (g).
Ecclesfield	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (d), (f), (j), (k) and (m).
Gunthwaite	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
High Hoyland	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1910	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Hoyland Swaine	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Hunshelf	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Ingbirchworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Kexborough	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1910	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Langsett	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Oxspring	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Penistone	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Sheffield	Yorkshire West Riding	1901	1902	That part which until 31.10.1901 formed parts of the parishes of Bradfield and Ecclesfield. See also Table 2, note (f).
Silkstone	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1910	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Stocksbridge	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1974	Created 1894 out of the parts of the parishes of Bradfield and Hunshelf in Stocksbridge Urban District. See also Table 2, note (m).
Tankersley	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (i) and (l).
Thurgoland	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Thurlstone	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1910	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Wortley	Yorkshire West Riding	1838	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (l).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wortley Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1838 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Bradfield, Ecclesfield, Gunthwaite, Hoyland Swaine, Hunshelf, Ingbirchworth, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Tankersley, Thurgoland, Thurlstone, Wortley, from Ecclesfield registration district.	23215 in 1841
28.3.1850	(b)	Gained the parishes of Cawthorne, Clayton West, Denby, High Hoyland, Kexborough and Silkstone, from Ecclesfield registration district.	6540 in 1841
25.3.1883	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Denby (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Cumberworth) from Huddersfield registration district.	98 in 1891
25.3.1883	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Ecclesfield (which was added to the parish of Dalton on 25.3.1883) to Rotherham registration district.	61 in 1881
25.3.1885	(e)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Denby, including Polygon Terrace (which was added to the parish of Cumberworth on 25.3.1885) to Huddersfield registration district.	12 in 1891
1.10.1902	(f)	Lost the part in the parish of Sheffield (which until 31.10.1901 formed parts of the parishes of Bradfield and Ecclesfield) to Sheffield registration district.	16667 in 1901
1.1.1911	(g)	Lost the parishes of Cawthorne, Clayton West, Denby, Gunthwaite, High Hoyland, Hoyland Swaine, Hunshelf, Ingbirchworth, Kexborough, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Silkstone, Thurgoland and Thurlstone, to Penistone registration district.	17428 in 1901
1.4.1938	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Bradfield (which was added to the parish of Sheffield on 1.4.1938) to Sheffield registration district.	0 in 1931
1.1.1947	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Tankersley (which was added to the parish of Wentworth on 1.4.1938) to Rother Valley registration district.	9 in 1931
1.4.1967	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Ecclesfield (which was added to the parish of Sheffield on 1.4.1967) to Sheffield registration district.	14051 in 1961
1.4.1967	(k)	Gained part of the parish of Ecclesfield (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Sheffield) from Sheffield registration district.	0 in 1961
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(l)	Lost the parishes of Tankersley and Wortley (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of South Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) to Barnsley registration district.	2261 in 1971
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the parishes of Bradfield, Ecclesfield and Stocksbridge (which were transferred from Yorkshire West Riding to the county of South Yorkshire on 1.4.1974) to Sheffield registration district.	52346 in 1971

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