List of Districts |
Table 1A: List of Places in Wirral Registration District (1837–1974)
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Arrowe |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Birkenhead and Irby. See also Table 2, note (f). |
|
Barnston |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Bebington cum Bromborough |
1922 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1922 from the parishes of Lower Bebington, Bromborough and Higher Bebington. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Bidston cum Ford |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Birkenhead |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Birkenhead |
1898 |
1898 |
That part which until 31.3.1898 formed the parish of Rock Ferry and part of the parish of Lower Bebington. See also Table 2, note (b). |
|
Brimstage |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Bromborough |
1837 |
1922 |
Abolished 1.4.1922 and added to the parish of Bebington cum Bromborough. |
|
Burton |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Ellesmere Port unparished area. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
Caldy |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Childer Thornton |
1837 |
1937 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Claughton with Grange |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Eastham |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Ellesmere Port |
1911 |
1937 |
Created 1.4.1911 from the parishes of Whitby, Overpool and Netherpool. See also Table 2, note (g). |
|
Frankby |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Gayton |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Grange |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Greasby |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Great Meolse |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and added to the parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby. |
|
Great Neston |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 30.9.1894 and added to the parish of Neston cum Parkgate. |
|
Great Sutton |
1837 |
1937 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Heswall cum Oldfield |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Higher Bebington |
1837 |
1922 |
Abolished 1.4.1922 and added to the parish of Bebington cum Bromborough. See also Table 2, note (b). |
|
Hoose |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and added to the parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby. |
|
Hooton |
1837 |
1937 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Hoylake cum West Kirby |
1894 |
1974 |
Created 1894 out of the parishes of West Kirby, Little Meolse, Hoose, Great Meolse and Grange. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Irby |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Landican |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (f). |
|
Ledsham |
1837 |
1937 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Leighton |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 30.9.1894 and added to the parish of Neston cum Parkgate. |
|
Liscard |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Little Meolse |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and added to the parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby. |
|
Little Neston |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 30.9.1894 and added to the parish of Neston cum Parkgate. |
|
Little Sutton |
1837 |
1937 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Lower Bebington |
1837 |
1922 |
Abolished 1.4.1922 and added to the parish of Bebington cum Bromborough. |
|
Moreton |
1837 |
1928 |
Abolished 1.4.1928 and added to the parish of Wallasey. See also Table 2, note (d). |
|
Ness |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Ellesmere Port unparished area. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
Neston cum Parkgate |
1894 |
1974 |
Created 30.9.1894 from the parishes of Great Neston, Little Neston and Leighton. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Ellesmere Port unparished area. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
Netherpool |
1837 |
1911 |
Abolished 1.4.1911 and added to the parish of Ellesmere Port. |
|
Newton with Larton |
1837 |
1889 |
Abolished 24.3.1889 and added to the parish of Grange. |
|
Noctorum |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Overpool |
1837 |
1911 |
Abolished 1.4.1911 and added to the parish of Ellesmere Port. |
|
Oxton |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Pensby |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Poulton cum Seacombe |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Poulton cum Spital |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Prenton |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (f). |
|
Puddington |
1837 |
1937 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Raby |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Rock Ferry |
1894 |
1898 |
Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Higher Bebington in Birkenhead County Borough. Abolished 31.3.1898 and added to the parish of Birkenhead. |
|
Saughall Massie |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Wallasey and Grange. |
|
Storeton |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Thingwall |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (f). |
|
Thornton Hough |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Thurstaston |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Wirral unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h). |
|
Tranmere |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Upton by Birkenhead |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Birkenhead and Wallasey. See also Table 2, note (f). |
|
Wallasey |
1837 |
1861 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
Wallasey |
1933 |
1935 |
That part which until 1.4.1933 formed the parts of the parishes of Saughall Massie and Upton by Birkenhead. |
|
West Kirby |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and added to the parish of Hoylake cum West Kirby. |
|
Whitby |
1837 |
1911 |
Abolished 1.4.1911 and added to the parish of Ellesmere Port. |
|
Willaston |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Ellesmere Port unparished area. See also Table 2, note (i). |
|
Woodchurch |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Birkenhead. See also Table 2, note (f). |
Table 1B: List of Places in Wirral Registration District (from 1998)
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Wirral* |
1998 |
|
Unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (j) and (k). |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wirral Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
2.7.1861 |
(a) |
Lost the parishes of Bidston cum Ford, Birkenhead, Claughton with Grange, Liscard, Noctorum, Oxton, Poulton cum Seacombe, Tranmere and Wallasey, to Birkenhead registration district. |
36212 in 1861 |
1.4.1898 |
(c) |
Lost the part in the parish of Birkenhead (which until 31.3.1898 formed the parish of Rock Ferry and part of the parish of Lower Bebington) to Birkenhead registration district. |
2951 in 1891 |
1.4.1928 |
(d) |
Lost the parish of Moreton (which was added to the parish of Wallasey on 1.4.1928) to Birkenhead registration district. |
4029 in 1921 |
1.1.1936 |
(e) |
Lost the part in the parish of Wallasey (which until 1.4.1933 formed the parts of the parishes of Saughall Massie and Upton by Birkenhead.) to Wallasey registration district. |
735 in 1931 |
(f) |
Lost the part in the parish of Birkenhead (which until 1.4.1933 formed the parishes of Landican, Prenton, Thingwall and Woodchurch and parts of the parishes of Arrowe and Upton by Birkenhead) to Birkenhead registration district. |
5481 in 1931 |
|
1.4.1937 |
(g) |
Lost the parts in the parishes of Childer Thornton, Ellesmere Port, Great Sutton, Hooton, Ledsham, Little Sutton and Puddington, to West Cheshire registration district. |
22275 in 1931 |
1.4.1974 (abolished) |
(h) |
Lost the parishes of Barnston, Bebington cum Bromborough, Brimstage, Caldy, Eastham, Frankby, Gayton, Grange, Greasby, Heswall cum Oldfield, Hoylake cum West Kirby, Irby, Pensby, Poulton cum Spital, Raby, Storeton, Thornton Hough and Thurstaston (which was added to the Wirral unparished area on 1.4.1974), to Birkenhead registration district. |
119504 in 1971 |
(i) |
Lost the parishes of Burton, Ness, Neston cum Parkgate and Willaston (which was added to the Ellesmere Port unparished area on 1.4.1974), to Chester & Ellesmere Port registration district. |
4452 in 1971 |
|
1.4.1998 |
(j) |
Gained part of the Wirral unparished area from Birkenhead registration district. |
316337 in 1991 |
(k) |
Gained the remainder of the Wirral unparished area from Wallasey registration district. |
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