Chester Registration District

CHESTER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created : 1.1.1870 (by renaming Great Boughton registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (added to Chester & Ellesmere Port registration district).
Sub-districts : Chester; Chester Castle; Chester Cathedral; Chester City; Chester Rural; Great Boughton; Hawarden; Tattenhall.
GRO volumes : 8a (1870–1946), 10A (1946–74).
District number : 452 (1870–80); 450 (1881–1946); 485 (1946–74).

Table 1: List of Places in Chester Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Abbey Precincts	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Aldersey	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Aldford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Ashton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Bache	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Backford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Barrow	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Barton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Beeston	Cheshire	1892	1937	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Blacon cum Crabwall	Cheshire	1870	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Chester and Mollington. See also Table 2, note (a).
Bridge Trafford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Broxton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Bruen Stapleford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Buckley (Hawarden)	Flintshire	1897	1902	Created 1.10.1897 out of the parish of Hawarden. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (h)
Buckley (Mold)	Flintshire	1901	1902	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Buerton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Bunbury	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Tilstone Fearnall. See also Table 2, note (i).
Burton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Burwardsley	Cheshire	1892	1937	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Caldecott	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Capenhurst	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Carden	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Caughall	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Chester	Cheshire	1884	1974	Created 7.8.1884 out of the parishes of St. John the Baptist, St. Oswald, St. Mary on the Hill, Holy Trinity, St. Bridget, St. Michael, St. Martin, St. Olave, St. Peter, Abbey Precincts and Spital Boughton and part of the parish of Great Boughton. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (l) and (m).
Chester Castle	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Chorlton by Backford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Chowley	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Christleton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Church Shocklach	Cheshire	1895	1937	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Churton by Aldford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Churton by Farndon	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Churton Heath	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Claverton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Clotton Hoofield	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Clutton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Coddington	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Cotton Abbotts	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Cotton Edmunds	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Crewe	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Croughton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Delamere	Cheshire	1936	1937	That part which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Utkinton. See also Table 2, note (j).
Dodleston	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Duddon	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Dunham on the Hill	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Eaton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Eaton by Tarporley	Cheshire	1892	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Rushton, Utkinton and Tarporley. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Eccleston	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Edgerley	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Elton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Farndon	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Foulk Stapleford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Golborne Bellow	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Golborne David	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Grafton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Great Boughton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Great Mollington	Cheshire	1870	1901	Abolished 25.3.1901 and added to the parish of Mollington. See also Table 2, note (a).
Great Saughall	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Great Stanney	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Guilden Sutton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Handley	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Hapsford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Harthill	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Hatton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Hawarden	Flintshire	1870	1902	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Higher Kinnerton	Flintshire	1870	1902	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Hockenhull	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Holy Trinity	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Hoole	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Hoole Village	Cheshire	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Hoole. See also Table 2, note (k).
Hope	Flintshire	1871	1902	See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (h).
Horton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Horton cum Peel	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Huntington	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Huxley	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Iddinshall	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Ince	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Kelsall	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
King's Marsh	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Lea by Backford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Lea Newbold	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Little Mollington	Cheshire	1870	1901	Abolished 25.3.1901 and added to the parish of Mollington. See also Table 2, note (a).
Little Saughall	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Little Stanney	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Littleton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Lower Kinnerton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Marford & Hoseley	Flintshire	1871	1902	See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h).
Marlston cum Lache	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Mickle Trafford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Mollington	Cheshire	1901	1937	Created 25.3.1901 from the parishes of Great Mollington and Little Mollington. See also Table 2, note (k).
Moston	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Mouldsworth	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Newton by Chester	Cheshire	1870	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Chester and Hoole. See also Table 2, note (a).
Newton by Tattenhall	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Picton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Poulton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Priors Heys	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Pulford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Rowton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Rushton	Cheshire	1892	1937	See Table 2, notes (e) and (j).
Saighton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Saltney	Flintshire	1870	1902	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Sealand	Flintshire	1894	1902	Created 1894 out of the parish of Hawarden. See also Table 2, note (h).
Shocklach Oviatt	Cheshire	1895	1937	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Shotwick	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Shotwick Park	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Spital Boughton	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Bridget	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. John the Baptist	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Martin	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Mary on the Hill	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Michael	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Olave	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Oswald	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Peter	Cheshire	1870	1884	Abolished 7.8.1884 and added to the parish of Chester. See also Table 2, note (a).
Stanlow	Cheshire	1870	1911	Abolished 1.4.1911 and added to the parish of Great Stanney. See also Table 2, note (a).
Stoke	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Stretton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Tarporley	Cheshire	1892	1937	See Table 2, notes (e) and (j).
Tarvin	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Tattenhall	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Thornton-le-Moors	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Tilston	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Tilstone Fearnall	Cheshire	1892	1937	See Table 2, notes (e), (i) and (k).
Tiverton	Cheshire	1892	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Tryddyn	Flintshire	1871	1902	See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (h).
Upton by Chester	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Utkinton	Cheshire	1892	1937	See Table 2, notes (e) and (j).
Waverton	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Wervin	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Willington	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Wimbolds Trafford	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Woodbank	Cheshire	1870	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Chester Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1870 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Abbey Precincts, Aldersey, Aldford, Ashton, Bache, Backford, Barrow, Barton, Blacon cum Crabwall, Bridge Trafford, Broxton, Bruen Stapleford, Buerton, Burton, Caldecott, Capenhurst, Carden, Caughall, Chester Castle, Chorlton by Backford, Chowley, Christleton, Churton by Aldford, Churton by Farndon, Churton Heath, Claverton, Clotton Hoofield, Clutton, Coddington, Cotton Abbotts, Cotton Edmunds, Crewe, Croughton, Dodleston, Duddon, Dunham on the Hill, Eaton, Eccleston, Edgerley, Elton, Farndon, Foulk Stapleford, Golborne Bellow, Golborne David, Grafton, Great Boughton, Great Mollington, Great Saughall, Great Stanney, Guilden Sutton, Handley, Hapsford, Harthill, Hatton, Hawarden, Higher Kinnerton, Hockenhull, Holy Trinity, Hoole, Horton, Horton cum Peel, Huntington, Huxley, Iddinshall, Ince, Kelsall, King's Marsh, Lea by Backford, Lea Newbold, Little Mollington, Little Saughall, Little Stanney, Littleton, Lower Kinnerton, Marlston cum Lache, Mickle Trafford, Moston, Mouldsworth, Newton by Chester, Newton by Tattenhall, Picton, Poulton, Priors Heys, Pulford, Rowton, Saighton, Saltney, Shotwick, Shotwick Park, Spital Boughton, St. Bridget, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary on the Hill, St. Michael, St. Olave, St. Oswald, St. Peter, Stanlow, Stoke, Stretton, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Thornton-le-Moors, Tilston, Upton by Chester, Waverton, Wervin, Willington, Wimbolds Trafford and Woodbank, from Great Boughton registration district.	58501 in 1861
1.8.1871	(b)	Gained the parishes of Hope, Marford & Hoseley and Tryddyn, from Wrexham registration district.	5772 in 1871
25.3.1885	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Marford & Hoseley (which was added to the parish of Allington on 25.3.1885) to Wrexham registration district.	81 in 1891
25.3.1885	(d)	Gained parts of the parish of Marford & Hoseley (which until 25.3.1885 formed detached parts of the parishes of Allington and Gresford) from Wrexham registration district.	17 in 1891
1.7.1892	(e)	Gained the parishes of Beeston, Burwardsley, Eaton by Tarporley, Rushton, Tarporley, Tilstone Fearnall, Tiverton and Utkinton, from Nantwich registration district.	4103 in 1891
1.11.1895	(f)	Gained the parishes of Church Shocklach and Shocklach Oviatt from Wrexham registration district.	316 in 1891
1.7.1901	(g)	Gained the parish of Buckley (Mold) from Holywell registration district.	3326 in 1901
1.1.1903	(h)	Lost the parishes of Buckley (Hawarden), Buckley (Mold), Hawarden, Higher Kinnerton, Hope, Marford & Hoseley, Saltney, Sealand and Tryddyn, to Hawarden registration district.	21601 in 1901
1.4.1937	(i)	Lost the part in the parish of Bunbury (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Tilstone Feanall) to Crewe registration district.	28 in 1931
	(j)	Lost the part in the parish of Delamere (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Utkinton) and the parishes of Rushton, Tarporley and Utkinton, to Northwich registration district.	2452 in 1931
	(k)	Lost the parishes of Aldersey, Aldford, Ashton, Bache, Backford, Barrow, Barton, Beeston, Bridge Trafford, Broxton, Bruen Stapleford, Buerton, Burton, Burwardsley, Caldecott, Capenhurst, Carden, Caughall, Chester Castle, Chorlton by Backford, Chowley, Christleton, Church Shocklach, Churton by Aldford, Churton by Farndon, Churton Heath, Claverton, Clotton Hoofield, Clutton, Coddington, Cotton Abbotts, Cotton Edmunds, Crewe, Croughton, Dodleston, Duddon, Dunham on the Hill, Eaton, Eccleston, Edgerley, Elton, Farndon, Foulk Stapleford, Golborne Bellow, Golborne David, Grafton, Great Boughton, Great Saughall, Great Stanney, Guilden Sutton, Handley, Hapsford, Harthill, Hatton, Hockenhull, Hoole, Hoole Village, Horton, Horton cum Peel, Huntington, Huxley, Iddinshall, Ince, Kelsall, King's Marsh, Lea by Backford, Lea Newbold, Little Saughall, Little Stanney, Littleton, Lower Kinnerton, Marlston cum Lache, Mickle Trafford, Mollington, Moston, Mouldsworth, Newton by Tattenhall, Picton, Poulton, Priors Heys, Pulford, Rowton, Saighton, Shocklach Oviatt, Shotwick, Shotwick Park, Stoke, Stretton, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Thornton-le-Moors, Tilston, Tilstone Fearnall, Tiverton, Upton by Chester, Waverton, Wervin, Willington, Wimbolds Trafford and Woodbank, to West Cheshire registration district.	31642 in 1931
1.4.1954	(l)	Gained parts of the parish of Chester (which until 1.4.1954 formed parts of the parishes of Hoole and Upton by Chester) from West Cheshire registration district.	8715 in 1951
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the parish of Chester (which became the Chester unparished area on 1.4.1974) to Chester & Ellesmere Port registration district.	64212 in 1971

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