West Ward Registration District

WEST WARD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Westmorland.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.1937 (to become part of Westmorland North and Westmorland South registration districts).
Sub-districts : Lowther, Morland
GRO volumes : XXV (1837–51), 10b (1852–1937).
Registers currently held at : Cumbria.

Table 1: List of Places in West Ward Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Askham	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Bampton	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Barton	Westmorland	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the parishes of High Barton and Low Winder.
Bolton	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Brougham	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Cliburn	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Clifton	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Crosby Ravensworth	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Great Strickland	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
High Barton	Westmorland	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become part of the parish of Barton.
Kings Meaburn	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Little Strickland	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Low Winder	Westmorland	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become part of the parish of Barton.
Lowther	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Martindale	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Morland	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Newby	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Patterdale	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Shap	Westmorland	1837	1904	Abolished 1.4.1904 to become the separate parishes of Shap Urban and Shap Rural.
Shap	Westmorland	1935	1935	Created 1.4.1935 by renaming the parish of Shap Urban. See also Table 2, note (a).
Shap Rural	Westmorland	1904	1937	Created 1.4.1904 out of the parish of Shap. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Shap Urban	Westmorland	1904	1937	Created 1.4.1904 out of the parish of Shap. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become the parish of Shap.
Sleagill	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Sockbridge	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Thrimby	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).
Yanwath & Eamont Bridge	Westmorland	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting West Ward Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1937 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the parishes of Askham, Bampton, Barton, Bolton, Brougham, Cliburn, Clifton, Crosby Ravensworth, Great Strickland, Kings Meaburn, Little Strickland, Lowther, Martindale, Morland, Newby, Shap, Shap Rural, Sleagill, Sockbridge, Thrimby, Yanwath & Eamont Bridge, to Westmorland North registration district.	7263 in 1931
	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Crosby Ravensworth (which became part of the parish of Orton on 1.4.1935) to Westmorland North registration district.	50 in 1931
	(c)	Lost the parish of Patterdale to Westmorland South registration district.	817 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Shap Rural (which became part of the parish of Fawcett Forest on 1.4.1935) to Westmorland South registration district.	5 in 1931

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