Sunderland Registration District

SUNDERLAND REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham (1837-1974); Tyne & Wear (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : East Sunderland, Monk Wearmouth, North Bishop Wearmouth, Ryhope, South Bishop Wearmouth, Southwick, Sunderland East, Sunderland First, Sunderland Fourth, Sunderland North, Sunderland Second, Sunderland Third, Sunderland West, West Sunderland.
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837-51), 10a (1852-1946), 1A (1946-74), 2 (1974-92).
Registers currently held at : Sunderland.

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

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bishopwearmouth	Durham	1837	1897	Abolished 25.3.1897 to become part of the parish of Sunderland.
Bishopwearmouth Panns	Durham	1837	1897	Abolished 25.3.1897 to become part of the parish of Sunderland.
Bishopwearmouth Without	Durham	1894	1928	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Bishopwearmouth. Abolished 1.4.1928 to become part of the parish of Sunderland.
Ford	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (c).
Fulwell	Durham	1837	1928	Abolished 1.4.1928 to become part of the parish of Sunderland.
Hylton	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Monkwearmouth	Durham	1837	1897	Abolished 25.3.1897 to become part of the parish of Sunderland.
Monkwearmouth Shore	Durham	1837	1897	Abolished 25.3.1897 to become part of the parish of Sunderland.
Monkwearmouth Without	Durham	1894	1895	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Monkwearmouth. Abolished 9.11.1895 to become part of the parish of Monkwearmouth.
Ryhope	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (c).
Ryehope Within	Durham	1894	1897	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Ryhope in Sunderland County Borough. Abolished 25.3.1897 to become part of the parish of Sunderland.
Southwick	Durham	1837	1928	Abolished 1.4.1928 to become part of the parish of Sunderland.
Sunderland	Durham	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (b), (e), (f), (g) and (h).
Tunstall	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (c).

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

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

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Burdon	Tyne & Wear	1974		See Table 2, note (i).
Hetton	Tyne & Wear	1974		See Table 2, note (j).
Houghton le Spring	Tyne & Wear	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Houghton le Spring. See also Table 2, note (j).
Sunderland	Tyne & Wear	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Sunderland.
Warden Law	Tyne & Wear	1974		See Table 2, note (i).
Washington	Tyne & Wear	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Washington, and parts in Washington New Town of the parishes of Birtley, Harraton, and South Biddick. See also Table 2, notes (j) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Sunderland Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1928	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Sunderland (which until 1.4.1928 formed part of the parish of Silksworth) from Houghton le Spring registration district.	54 in 1921
1.4.1928	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Sunderland (which until 1.4.1928 formed part of the parish of Whitburn) from South Shields registration district.	5 in 1921
1.7.1938	(c)	Lost the parishes of Ford, Hylton, Ryhope, and Tunstall, to Durham Eastern registration district.	21945 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Hylton (which became part of the parish of Washington on 1.4.1937) to Durham Northern registration district.	17 in 1931
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Sunderland (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Silksworth) from Houghton le Spring registration district.	64 in 1931
1.4.1951	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Sunderland (which until 1.4.1951 formed parts of the parishes of Ford, Hylton, and Silksworth) from Durham Eastern registration district.
1.4.1967	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Sunderland (which became part of the parish of Houghton le Spring on 1.4.1967) to Durham Northern registration district.
1.4.1967	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Sunderland (which until 1.4.1967 formed the parish of Tunstall, and parts of the parishes of Burdon, Ford, Herrington, Hylton, Offerton, Ryhope, Seaham, and Silksworth) from Durham Eastern registration district.
1.4.1974
	(i)	Gained the parishes of Burdon and Warden Law (which were transferred from Durham to the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974) from Durham Eastern registration district.	95 in 1971
	(j)	Gained the parish of Hetton, and the unparished areas of Houghton le Spring and Washington (which were transferred from Durham to the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974) from Durham Northern registration district.	73335 in 1971
	(k)	Gained part of the unparished area of Washington (which until 1.4.1974 formed parts of the parishes of Birtley, Harraton, and South Biddick) from Durham Northern registration district.

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