Sheffield Registration District

SHEFFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding (1837-1974); South Yorkshire (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Attercliffe, Brightside, Darnall, East Brightside, East Sheffield, Handsworth, Hillsborough, North Sheffield, Sheffield North, Sheffield Park, Sheffield South, Sheffield West, South Sheffield, West Brightside, West Sheffield.
GRO volumes : XXII (1837-51), 9c (1852-1946), 2D (1946-74), 3 (1974-92).

Table 1A: List of Places in Sheffield Registration District (1837-1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Attercliffe cum Darnall	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1902	Abolished 1.4.1902 to become part of the parish of Sheffield.
Bradfield Urban	Yorkshire West Riding	1914	1933	Created 1.10.1914 out of the parish of Bradfield. Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Sheffield.
Brightside Bierlow	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1902	Abolished 1.4.1902 to become part of the parish of Sheffield.
Ecclesfield Urban	Yorkshire West Riding	1921	1933	Created 9.11.1921 out of the parish of Ecclesfield. Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Sheffield.
Handsworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Sheffield and Orgreave. See also Table 2, note (e).
Sheffield	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a) to (d) and (f) to (n).

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

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

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Bradfield	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (o) and (q).
Ecclesfield	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (o), (p), (q) and (t).
Sheffield*	South Yorkshire	1974		Unparished area which untl 1.4.1974 fomed the parish of Sheffield. See also Table 2, notes (r), (s), (t) and (u).
Stocksbridge	South Yorkshire	1974		See Table 2, notes (o) and (q).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Sheffield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1902	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Sheffield (which until 31.10.1901 formed parts of the parishes of Catcliffe and Tinsley) from Rotherham registration district.	25 in 1901
1.10.1902	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Sheffield (which until 31.10.1901 formed parts of the parishes of Bradfield and Ecclesfield) from Wortley registration district.	16667 in 1901
1.4.1935	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Sheffield (which until 1.4.1934 formed the parishes of Beauchief, Dore, and Ecclesall, and parts of the parishes of Norton and Totley), from Ecclesall Bierlow registration district.	210392 in 1931
1.4.1935	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Sheffield (which until 1.4.1933 formed the parish of Tinsley) from Rotherham registration district.	6361 in 1931
1.4.1938	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Handsworth (which became part of the parish of Orgreave on 1.4.1938) to Rother Valley registration district.	0 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Sheffield (which until 1.4.1938 formed part of the parish of Orgreave from Rother Valley registration district.	0 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Sheffield (which until 1.4.1938 formed part of the parish of Bradfield from Wortley registration district.	0 in 1931
1.4.1967	(h)	Lost parts of the parish of Sheffield (which became parts of the parishes of Dronfield and Holmesfield on 1.4.1967) to Chesterfield registration district.
	(i)	Gained parts of the parish of Sheffield (which until 1.4.1967 formed parts of the parishes of Beighton, Dronfield, Eckington, Holmesfield, and Killamarsh) from Chesterfield registration district.
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Sheffield (which became part of the parish of Aston cum Aughton on 1.4.1967) to Rother Valley registration district.
	(k)	Gained parts of the parish of Sheffield (which until 1.4.1967 formed parts of the parishes of Aston cum Aughton and Wales) from Rother Valley registration district.
	(l)	Gained part of the parish of Sheffield (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Rotherham) from Rotherham registration district.
	(m)	Lost part of the parish of Sheffield (which became part of the parish of Ecclesfield on 1.4.1967) to Wortley registration district.
	(n)	Gained part of the parish of Sheffield (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Ecclesfield) from Wortley registration district.
1.4.1974	(o)	Gained the parishes of Bradfield, Ecclesfield, and Stocksbridge from Wortley registration district.	52346 in 1971
1.4.1994	(p)	Lost parts of the parish of Ecclesfield (which became parts of the parishes of Tankersley and Worsley on 1.4.1994) to Barnsley registration district.
	(q)	Gained parts of the parishes of Bradfield, Ecclesfield, and Stocksbridge (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the parishes of Hunshelf, Langsett, Tankersley, and Wortley) from Barnsley registration district.
	(r)	Lost part of the Sheffield unparished area (which became part of the parish of Eckington on 1.4.1994) to Chesterfield registration district.
	(s)	Gained part of the Sheffield unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the parish of Eckington) from Chesterfield registration district.
	(t)	Lost parts of the Sheffield unparished area, and parts of the parish of Ecclesfield (which became parts of the Rotherham unparished area, and parts of the parishes of Aston cum Aughton, Catcliffe, Orgreave, Wales, and Wentworth, on 1.4.1994) to Rotherham registration district.
	(u)	Gained part of the Sheffield unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the parishes of Brinsworth, Catcliffe, and Orgreave) from Rotherham registration district.

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