Solihull Registration District

SOLIHULL REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Warwickshire (1837–1974), West Midlands (1974–77 and from 2001).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.1978 (incorporated into Solihull South registration district).
Re-created : 1.4.2001 (from Solihull North and Solihull South registration districts).
Sub-districts : Knowle, Solihull, Tanworth.
GRO volumes : XVI (1837–51), 6d (1852–1946), 9c (1946–74), 34 (1974–77).
Registers currently held at : Solihull, Warwickshire (Warwick), Gloucestershire and Birmingham.

Table 1A: List of Places in Solihull Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Baddesley Clinton	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (o).
Balsall	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (f).
Barston	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (f).
Bushwood	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (o).
Elmdon	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Solihull Urban and Bickenhill. See also Table 2, note (g).
Knowle	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Solihull Urban, Balsall, and Lapworth. See also Table 2, notes (h) and (p).
Lapworth	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (k) and (o).
Nuthurst	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Tanworth and Solihull Urban. See also Table 2, note (l).
Packwood	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Solihull Urban and Lapworth. See also Table 2, note (q).
Solihull	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Solihull Urban, Tanworth, and Hampton in Arden. See also Table 2, notes (a), (e), (i) and (m).
Solihull Urban	Warwickshire	1932	1974	Created 1.4.1932 out of the parishes of Solihull, Knowle, Tanworth, Packwood, Hampton in Arden, Elmdon, Sheldon, Lapworth, and Nuthurst. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the unparished area of Solihull. See also Table 2, notes (j) and (r) to (x).
Tanworth	Warwickshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (b) and (n).
Yardley	Worcestershire	1837	1912	Abolished 9.11.1912 to become part of the parish of Birmingham. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (d).

Table 1B: List of Places in Solihull Registration District (1974–77)

All areas in Solihull registration district became part of the county of West Midlands on 1.4.1974.

Unparished Area	County	From	To	Comments
Solihull	West Midlands	1974	1977	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Solihull. See also Table 2, note (y).

Table 1C: List of Places in Solihull Registration District (from 2001)

All areas in Solihull registration district became part of the county of West Midlands on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Balsall	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Barston	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Berkswell	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Bickenhill	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Castle Bromwich	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Chelmsley Wood	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Fordbridge	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Hampton in Arden	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Hockley Heath	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Kingshurst	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Meriden	West Midlands	2001		See Table 2, note (z).
Solihull	West Midlands	2001		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Solihull. See also Table 2, note (aa).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Solihull Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
17.8.1877	(a)	Gained a part of the parish of Solihull (which until 17.8.1877 formed a detached part of the parish of Bickenhill, known as the Lyndon Quarter) from Meriden registration district.	770 in 1881
1.11.1895	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Tanworth (which until 30.9.1895 formed part of the parish of Wootton Wawen) from Stratford on Avon registration district.	105 in 1891
1.10.1912	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Birmingham (which until 1.4.1912 formed part of the parish of Yardley) to Aston registration district.	59087 in 1911
1.10.1912	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Birmingham (which until 1.4.1912 formed part of the parish of Yardley) to Kings Norton registration district.	78 in 1911
1.4.1932	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Birmingham (which until 1.4.1931 formed part of the parish of Solihull) to Birmingham South registration district.	322 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parishes of Balsall and Barston to Meriden registration district.	2331 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Elmdon (which became part of the parish of Bickenhill on 1.4.1932) to Meriden registration district.	65 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Knowle (which became part of the parish of Balsall on 1.4.1932) to Meriden registration district.	109 in 1931
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Solihull (which became part of the parish of Hampton in Arden on 1.4.1932) to Meriden registration district.	0 in 1931
	(j)	Gained parts of the parish of Solihull Urban (which until 1.4.1932 formed parts of the parishes of Hampton in Arden and Sheldon) from Meriden registration district.	242 in 1931
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Lapworth (which became part of the parish of Tanworth on 1.4.1932) to Stratford on Avon registration district.	77 in 1931
	(l)	Lost part of the parish of Nuthurst (which became part of the parish of Tanworth on 1.4.1932) to Stratford on Avon registration district.	94 in 1931
	(m)	Lost part of the parish of Solihull (which became part of the parish of Tanworth on 1.4.1932) to Stratford on Avon registration district.	189 in 1931
	(n)	Lost the parish of Tanworth to Stratford on Avon registration district.	1410 in 1931
	(o)	Lost the parishes of Baddesley Clinton, Bushwood, and Lapworth, to Warwick & Leamington registration district.	1009 in 1931
	(p)	Lost part of the parish of Knowle (which became part of the parish of Lapworth on 1.4.1932) to Warwick & Leamington registration district.	93 in 1931
	(q)	Lost part of the parish of Packwood (which became part of the parish of Lapworth on 1.4.1932) to Warwick & Leamington registration district.	69 in 1931
1.4.1964	(r)	Lost part of the parish of Solihull Urban (which became part of the parish of Birmingham on 1.4.1964) to Birmingham registration district.
	(s)	Gained part of the parish of Solihull Urban (which until 1.4.1964 formed part of the parish of Birmingham) from Birmingham registration district.
	(t)	Lost part of the parish of Solihull Urban (which became part of the parish of Wythall on 1.4.1964) to Bromsgrove registration district.
	(u)	Lost parts of the parish of Solihull Urban (which became parts of the parishes of Balsall, Bickenhill, and Hampton in Arden on 1.4.1964) to Meriden registration district.
	(v)	Gained parts of the parish of Solihull Urban (which until 1.4.1964 formed parts of the parishes of Balsall, Bickenhill, and Hampton in Arden) from Meriden registration district.
	(w)	Lost part of the parish of Solihull Urban (which became part of the parish of Hockley Heath on 1.4.1964) to Stratford on Avon registration district.
	(x)	Lost part of the parish of Solihull Urban (which became part of the parish of Lapworth on 1.4.1964) to Warwick & Leamington registration district.
1.1.1978 (abolished)	(y)	Lost the constituent unparished area of Solihull to Solihull South registration district.	107095 in 1971
1.4.2001 (re-created)	(z)	Gained the parishes of Balsall, Barston, Berkswell, Bickenhill, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Fordbridge, Hampton in Arden, Hockley Heath, Kingshurst, and Meriden, from Solihull North registration district.
1.4.2001 (re-created)	(aa)	Gained the unparished area of Solihull from Solihull South registration district.

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