Wolstanton Registration District

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WOLSTANTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire.
Created : 16.1.1838 (out of Newcastle under Lyme registration district; originally "Wolstanton & Burslem").
Abolished : 1.7.1922 (to become part of Stoke & Wolstanton and Leek registration districts).
Sub-districts : Burslem, Tunstall, Wolstanton.
GRO volumes : XVII (1838-51), 6b (1852-1922).

Table 1: List of Places in Wolstanton Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Burslem	Staffordshire	1838	1922	Abolished 1.4.1922 to become part of the parish of Stoke on Trent. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Chell	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from out of the parish of Wolstanton. Abolished 1.4.1922 to become part of the parish of Stoke on Trent. See also Table 2, note (e).
Chesterton	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from out of the parish of Wolstanton. See also Table 2, note (e).
Goldenhill	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from out of the parish of Wolstanton. Abolished 1.4.1922 to become part of the parish of Stoke on Trent. See also Table 2, note (e).
Kidsgrove	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Wolstanton in Kidsgrove Urban District. See also Table 2, note (e).
Milton	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Burslem. Abolished 1.4.1922 to become parts of the parishes of Stoke on Trent and Norton in the Moors. See also Table 2, notes (b), (c), (d) and (e).
Newchapel	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from out of the parish of Wolstanton. See also Table 2, notes (e) and (e).
Silverdale	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from out of the parish of Wolstanton. See also Table 2, note (e).
Stoke on Trent	Staffordshire	1922	1922	That part which until 1.4.1922 formed the parishes of Burslem, Chell, and Goldenhill, and parts of the parishes of Milton and Newchapel. See also Table 2, note (e).
Tunstall	Staffordshire	1894	1922	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Wolstanton in Tunstall Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1922 to become part of the parish of Stoke on Trent.
Wolstanton	Staffordshire	1838	1922	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wolstanton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
16.1.1838	(a)	Gained the parishes of Burslem and Wolstanton from Newcastle under Lyme registration district.
1.4.1896	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Milton (which until 1.4.1896 formed part of the parish of Norton in the Moors) from Leek registration district.	948 in 1891
1.12.1905	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Milton (which became part of the parish of Hanley on 1.12.1905) to Stoke upon Trent registration district.	627 in 1901
1.7.1922 (abolished)	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Milton (which became part of the parish of Norton in the Moors on 1.4.1922) to Leek registration district.	31 in 1921
1.7.1922 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the parts in the parish of Stoke on Trent (which until 1.4.1922 formed the parishes of Burslem, Chell, and Goldenhill, and parts of the parishes of Milton and Newchapel), and the parishes of Chesterton, Kidsgrove, Newchapel, Silverdale, and Wolstanton, to Stoke & Wolstanton registration district.	92078 in 1921

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