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SOUTH SHIELDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

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

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Boldon

Durham

1837

1937

See Table 2, note (b).

Boldon Colliery

Durham

1895

1936

Created 1.4.1895 out of the parish of Boldon. Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Boldon, Heworth and Jarrow. See also Table 2, note (b).

Harton

Durham

1837

1921

Abolished 1.11.1921 and divided between the parishes of South Shields and Whitburn.

Hebburn

Durham

1894

1937

Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow in Hebburn Urban District. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (b).

Hedworth, Monkton & Jarrow

Durham

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Jarrow, Hebburn and Monkton.

Heworth

Durham

1936

1937

That part which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Boldon Colliery, Hebburn and Monkton. See also Table 2, note (b).

Jarrow

Durham

1894

1937

Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow in Jarrow Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, note (b).

Monkton

Durham

1894

1936

Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow. Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Jarrow, Boldon, Hebburn, Heworth and South Shields. See also Table 2, note (b).

South Shields

Durham

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the South Tyneside unparished area. See also Table 2, note (c).

Westoe

Durham

1837

1897

Abolished 30.3.1897 and added to the parish of Westoe.

Whitburn

Durham

1837

1936

Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between the parishes of Boldon and South Shields. See also Table 2, note (a).


Table 1B: List of Places in South Shields Registration District (1974–2000)

All the areas in South Shields registration district became part of the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish
(* or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

South Tyneside*

Tyne & Wear

1974

2000

That part of the unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of South Shields. See also Table 2, note (d).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting South Shields Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.4.1928

(a)

Lost part of the parish of Whitburn (which was added to the parish of Sunderland on 1.4.1928) to Sunderland registration district.

54 in 1921

1.1.1938

(b)

Lost the part in the parish of Heworth (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Boldon Colliery, Hebburn and Monkton) and the parishes of Boldon, Hebburn and Jarrow, to Durham North Eastern registration district.

76993 in 1931

1.4.1951

(c)

Gained part of the parish of South Shields (which until 1.4.1951 formed part of the parish of Boldon) from Durham North Eastern registration district.

523 in 1951

1.1.2001
(abolished)

(d)

Lost the part in the South Tyneside unparished area to South Tyneside registration district.

n/a



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