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WREKIN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1: List of Places in Wrekin Registration District

Civil Parish
(*or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Albrighton

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Badger

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Beckbury

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Bolas Magna

Shropshire

1974

1988

Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Waters Upton. See also Table 2, note (a).

Boningale

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Boscobel

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Cherrington

Shropshire

1974

1988

Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Tibberton & Cherrington. See also Table 2, note (a).

Chetwynd

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Chetwynd Aston

Shropshire

1974

1988

Renamed 2.11.1988 to become the parish of Chetwynd Aston & Woodcote. See also Table 2, note (a).

Chetwynd Aston & Woodcote

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 2.11.1988 by renaming the parish of Chetwynd Aston. See also Table 2, note (c).

Church Aston

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Dawley Hamlets

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Little Wenlock. See also Table 2, note (c).

Donington

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Edgmond

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Ercall Magna

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Eyton upon the Weald Moors

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Great Dawley

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).

Hadley

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Hollinswood & Randlay

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Lilleshall & Randlay. See also Table 2, note (c).

Kemberton

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Ketley

Shropshire

1976

1998

Created 15.7.1976 by renaming the parish of Wellington Rural. See also Table 2, note (c).

Kynnersley

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Lawley & Overdale

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Hadley. See also Table 2, note (c).

Lilleshall

Shropshire

1974

1982

Abolished 8.7.1982 and to become Lilleshall & Donnington. See also Table 2, note (a).

Lilleshall & Donnington

Shropshire

1982

1998

Created 8.7.1982 by renaming the parish of Lilleshall. See also Table 2, note (c).

Little Wenlock

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Longdon upon Tern

Shropshire

1974

1988

Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Rodington. See also Table 2, note (a).

Longford

Shropshire

1974

1988

Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Church Aston. See also Table 2, note (a).

Madeley

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).

Newport

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Oakengates

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parishes of Hadley and Ketley. See also Table 2, note (c).

Preston upon the Weald Moors

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Rodington

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Ryton

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Sheriffhales

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Shifnal

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

St. George's & Priorslee

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Lilleshall & Donnington. See also Table 2, note (c).

Stirchley & Brookside

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).

Stockton

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Sutton Maddock

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

The Gorge

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).

The Wrekin*

Shropshire

1974

1988

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Dawley Magna, Oakengates and Wellington Urban. Abolished 1.4.1988 and divided between the parishes of Dawley Hamlets, Great Dawley, Hadley, Hollinswood & Randlay, Ketley, Lawley and Overdale, Lilleshall and Donnington, Little Wenlock, Madeley, Oakengates, St. George's and Priorslee, Stirchley & Brookside, The Gorge, Wellington, Wrockwardine and Wrockwardine Wood. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Tibberton

Shropshire

1974

1988

Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Tibberton & Cherrington. See also Table 2, note (a).

Tibberton & Cherrington

Shropshire

1988

1998

See Table 2, note (c).

Tong

Shropshire

1974

1987

See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Waters Upton

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Wellington

Shropshire

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parishes Ercall Magna, Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Hadley and Wrockwardine. See also Table 2, note (c).

Wellington Rural

Shropshire

1974

1976

Renamed 15.7.1976 to become the parish of Ketley. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Woodcote

Shropshire

1974

1988

Abolished 1.4.1988 and added to the parish of Chetwynd Aston. See also Table 2, note (a).

Wrockwardine

Shropshire

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Wrockwardine Wood

Shropshire

1988

1989

Created 1.4.1988 out of The Wrekin unparished area and the parish of Hadley. Renamed 10.5.1989 to become the parish of Wrockwardine Wood & Trench. See also Table 2, note (c).

Wrockwardine Wood & Trench

Shropshire

1989

1998

Created 10.5.1989 by renaming the parish of Wrockwardine Wood. See also Table 2, note (c).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wrekin Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.4.1974 (created)

(a)

Gained the Telford & Wrekin unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Dawley Magna, Oakengates and Wellington Urban) and the parishes of Albrighton, Badger, Beckbury, Bolas Magna, Boningale, Boscobel, Cherrington, Chetwynd, Chetwynd Aston, Church Aston, Donington, Edgmond, Ercall Magna, Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Hadley, Kemberton, Kynnersley, Lilleshall, Little Wenlock, Longdon upon Tern, Longford, Newport, Preston upon the Weald Moors, Rodington, Ryton, Sheriffhales, Shifnal, Shifnal, Stockton, Sutton Maddock, Tibberton, Tong, Waters Upton, Wellington Rural, Woodcote and Wrockwardine, from Wellington registration district

118371 in 1971

1.4.1987

(b)

Lost the parishes of Albrighton, Badger, Beckbury, Boningale, Boscobel, Donington, Kemberton, Ryton, Sheriffhales, Shifnal, Stockton, Sutton Maddock and Tong, to Bridgnorth registration district.

n/a

1.4.1998 (abolished)

(c)

Lost  the parishes of Chetwynd, Chetwynd Aston & Woodcote, Church Aston, Edgmond, Ercall Magna, Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Great Dawley, Hadley, Hollinswood & Randlay, Ketley, Kynnersley, Lilleshall & Donnington, Little Wenlock, Newport, Lawley & Overdale, Madeley, Oakengates, Preston upon the Weald Moors, Rodington, St. George's & Priorslee, Stirchley & Brookside, The Gorge, Tibberton & Cherrington, Waters Upton, Wellington, Wrockwardine and Wrockwardine Wood & Trench, to Telford & Wrekin registration district

135099 in 1991



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