Barnsley Registration District

BARNSLEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding (1850–1974); South Yorkshire (from 1974).
Created : 28.3.1850 (out of Ecclesfield registration district).
Sub-districts : Barnsley; Darfield; Darton; Penistone; Worsbrough
GRO volumes : XXII (1850–51); 9c (1852–1946); 2B (1946–74); 3 (1974–92).
District number : 505 (1850–80); 506 (1881–1908); 507 (1909–46); 45 (1946–74); 041 (from 1974).

Table 1A: List of Places in Barnsley Registration District (1850–1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ardsley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1921	Abolished 9.11.1921 and added to the parish of Barnsley. See also Table 2, note (a).
Barnsley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (a).
Barugh	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to the parish of Darton. See also Table 2, note (a).
Billingley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Brierley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1850	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Carlton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 and divided between the parishes of Barnsley and Royston. See also Table 2, note (a).
Cudworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Darfield	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Darton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Dodworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Great Houghton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1850	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Havercroft with Cold Hiendley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1850	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Hoyland Nether	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Little Houghton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1850	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Monk Bretton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1921	Abolished 9.11.1921 and added to the parish of Barnsley. See also Table 2, note (a).
Notton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Royston	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Ryhill	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1850	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Shafton	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1850	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
South Hiendley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1850	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Stainborough	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Wintersett	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1850	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Wombwell	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Woolley	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Worsbrough	Yorkshire West Riding	1850	1938	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Table 1B: List of Places in Barnsley Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Barnsley registration district became part of the county of South Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Barnsley*	South Yorkshire	1974		Unparished area created 1.4.1974 from the parishes of Barnsley, Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Royston, Wombwell and Worsbrough. See also Table 2, notes (h), (l), (n), (o) and (i).
Billingley	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (e).
Brierley	South Yorkshire	1974	2016	Abolished 1.4.2016 and added to the Barnsley unparished area. See also Table 2, note (e).
Cawthorne	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (f).
Dunford	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Great Houghton	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (e), (h), (i) and (o).
Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
High Hoyland	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (f), (j) and (k).
Hunshelf	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (f) and (p).
Langsett	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (f) and (p).
Little Houghton	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (e).
Oxspring	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (f).
Penistone	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (f).
Shafton	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (e) and (o).
Silkstone	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (f).
Stainborough	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (f).
Tankersley	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (g), (l) and (p)
Thurgoland	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, note (f).
Wortley	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (g) and (p).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Barnsley Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
28.3.1850 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Ardsley, Barnsley, Barugh, Billingley, Brierley, Carlton, Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Great Houghton, Havercroft with Cold Hiendley, Hoyland Nether, Little Houghton, Monk Bretton, Notton, Royston, Ryhill, Shafton, South Hiendley, Stainbrough, Wintersett, Wombwell, Woolley and Worsbrough, from Ecclesfield registration district.	30935 in 1841
11.11.1850	(b)	Lost the parishes of Brierley, Great Houghton, Havercroft with Cold Hiendley, Little Houghton, Ryhill, Shafton, South Hiendley and Wintersett, to Hemsworth registration district.	1979 in 1841
1.7.1938	(c)	Lost the parishes of Billingley, Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Notton, Royston, Stainbrough, Wombwell, Woolley and Worsborough, to Staincross registration district.	85133 in 1931
1.4.1974	(d)	Gained part of the Bradford unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Dearne) from Don Valley registration district.	25025 in 1971
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Billingley, Brierley, Great Houghton, Little Houghton and Shafton, from Hemsworth registration district.	13070 in 1971
	(f)	Gained a further part of the Bradford unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Royston and Wombwell ) and the parishes of Cawthorne, Dunford, Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth, High Hoyland, Hunshelf, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Silkstone, Stainborough and Thurgoland, from Staincross registration district.	109772 in 1971
	(g)	Gained the parishes of Tankersley and Wortley, from Wortley registration district.	2261 in 1971
1.4.1993	(h)	Lost parts of the Barnsley unparished area and part of the parish of Great Houghton (which became parts of the parishes of Adwick upon Dearne and Clayton with Frickley on 1.4.1993) to Doncaster registration district.	n/a
	(i)	Gained parts of the Barnsley unparished area and the parish of Great Houghton (which until 1.4.1993 formed parts of the parishes of Bamburgh, Clayton with Frickley, Hickleton and Hooton Pagnell) from Doncaster registration district.	n/a
	(j)	Lost parts of the parishes of Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth and High Hoyland (which became parts of the parish of Denby Dale on 1.4.1993) to Huddersfield registration district.	n/a
	(k)	Gained parts of the parishes of Dunford and High Hoyland (which until 1.4.1993 formed part of the parish of Denby Dale) from Huddersfield registration district.	n/a
	(l)	Lost parts of the Barnsley unparished area and part of the parish of Tankersley (which became parts of the Rotherham unparished area and of the parishes of Brampton Bierlow and Wentworth on 1.4.1993) to Rotherham registration district.	n/a
	(m)	Gained parts of the Barnsley unparished area and of the parish of Tankersley (which until 1.4.1993 formed parts of the parishes of the Rotherham unparished area and of the parishes of Brampton Bierlow and Wentworth) from Rotherham registration district.	n/a
	(n)	Lost part of the Barnsley unparished area (which was added to the parish of Notton on 1.4.1993) to Wakefield registration district.	n/a
	(o)	Gained part of the Barnsley unparished area and the parishes of Great Houghton and Shafton (which until 1.4.1993 formed parts of the parishes of Havercroft with Cold Hiendley, Notton, South Hiendley, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe, West Bretton and Woolley) from Wakefield registration district.	n/a
1.4.1994	(p)	Lost parts of the parishes of Hunshelf, Langsett, Tankersley and Wortley (which became parts of the parishes of Bradfield, Ecclesfield and Stocksbridge on 1.4.1994) to Sheffield registration district.	n/a
1.4.1994	(q)	Gained parts of the parishes of Tankersley and Worsley (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the parish of Ecclesfield) from Sheffield registration district.	n/a

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