Registration Districts in Lancashire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN LANCASHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Lancashire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.

For the purposes of these pages, "Lancashire" refers to:

the ancient county of Lancaster (1837-89.
the administrative county of Lancaster (1889-1974), with the county boroughs of Barrow in Furness, Blackburn, Blackpool (from 1904), Bolton, Bootle, Burnley, Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, St. Helens, Salford, Southport (from 1905), Warrington (from 1900), and Wigan.
the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire (from 1974), with the unitary authorities (from 1998) of Blackburn with Darwen, and Blackpool.

Click on a district name to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.

Registration District	Registration County	From	To	Comments
Amounderness	Lancashire	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 sout of Preston registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Preston & South Ribble and Ribble Valley registration districts.
Ashton	Lancashire	1937	1974	Created 1.4.1937 out of Ashton under Lyne registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Tameside and Oldham registration districts.
Ashton & Oldham	Lancashire	1837	1848	Abolished 31.3.1848 to become part of Ashton under Lyne and Oldham registration districts.
Ashton under Lyne	Lancashire	1848	1937	Created 31.3.1848 out of Ashton & Oldham registration district. Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of Ashton and Hyde registration districts.
Barrow in Furness	Lancashire	1876	1974	Transferred to the county of Cumbria on 1.4.1974.
Barton	Lancashire	1934	1984	Created 1.10.1934 out of Barton upon Irwell, Salford and Bury registration districts. Transferred to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.
Barton upon Irwell	Lancashire	1850	1934	Created 1.1.1850 out of Chorlton and Worsley registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1934 to become part of Barton registration district.
Barton, Worsley & Flixton	Lancashire	1838	1841	Created 17.12.1838 out of Salford registration district. Abolished 12.3.1841 to become part of Chorlton and Worsley registration districts.
Blackburn	Lancashire	1837	1998	Abolished 1.4.1998 to become part of Blackburn with Darwen and Preston & South Ribble registration districts.
Blackburn with Darwen	Lancashire	1998		Created 1.4.1998 out of Blackburn registration district.
Blackpool	Lancashire	1936	1974	Created 1.10.1936 out of Fylde registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Blackpool & Fylde registration district.
Blackpool	Lancashire	1998		Created 1.4.1998 out of Blackpool & Fylde registration district.
Blackpool & Fylde	Lancashire	1974	1998	Created 1.4.1974 out of Blackpool and Fylde registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1998 to become parts of Blackpool and Fleetwood & Fylde registration districts.
Bolton	Lancashire	1837	1974	Transferred to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.
Bootle	Lancashire	1934	1974	Created 1.10.1934 out of West Derby registration district. Transferred to the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1974.
Burnley	Lancashire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Burnley & Pendle registration district.
Burnley & Pendle	Lancashire	1974	2005	Created 1.4.1974 out of Nelson, Burnley, and Staincliffe registration districts. Abolished 1.6.2005 to become part of Lancashire registration district.
Bury	Lancashire	1837	1974	Transferred to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.
Chorley	Lancashire	1837	2005	Abolished 1.6.2005 to become part of Lancashire registration district.
Chorlton	Lancashire	1837	1924	Abolished 1.1.1925 (to become Manchester South registration district.
Clitheroe	Lancashire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Ribble Valley registration district.
Crosby	Lancashire	1934	1974	Created 1.10.1934 out of West Derby and Ormskirk registration districts. Transferred to the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1974.
Darwen	Lancashire	1937	1974	Created 1.1.1937 out of Blackburn registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Blackburn, Hyndburn & Rossendale, and Ribble Valley registration districts.
Farnworth	Lancashire	1935	1974	Created 1.10.1935 out of Barton and Bolton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Bolton and Blackburn registration districts.
Fleetwood	Lancashire	1974	1982	Created 1.4.1974 out of Fylde registration district. Abolished 1.4.1982 to become part of Blackpool & Fylde registration district.
Fleetwood & Fylde	Lancashire	1998	2005	Created 1.4.1998 out of Blackpool & Fylde registration district. Abolished 1.6.2005 to become part of Lancashire registration district.
Fylde	Lancashire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Fleetwood and Blackpool & Fylde registration districts.
Garstang	Lancashire	1837	1998	Abolished 1.4.1998 to become part of Lancaster registration district.
Haslingden	Lancashire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Hyndburn & Rossendale registration district.
Heywood	Lancashire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of Bury, Manchester North and Rochdale registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Bury, Rochdale, and Hyndburn & Rossendale registration districts.
Horwich	Lancashire	1935	1967	Created 1.10.1935 out of Bolton and Wigan registration districts. Abolished 1.1.1968 to become part of Farnworth registration district.
Hyndburn & Rossendale	Lancashire	1974	2005	Created 1.4.1974 out of Haslingden, Darwen, Littleborough, and Heywood registration districts. Abolished 1.6.2005 to become part of Lancashire registration district.
Ince	Lancashire	1936	1974	Created 1.7.1936 out of Wigan registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Wigan, St. Helens, and West Lancashire registration districts.
Kendal	Westmorland	1837	1895	Partly in Lancashire until 30.9.1895.
Lancashire	Lancashire	2005		Created 1.6.2005 (from Burnley & Pendle, Chorley, Fleetwood & Fylde, Hyndburn & Rossendale, Lancaster, Preston & South Ribble, Ribble Valley, and West Lancashire registration districts.
Lancaster	Lancashire	1837	2005	Abolished 1.6.2005 to become part of Lancashire registration district.
Leigh	Lancashire	1837	1974	Transferred to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.
Littleborough	Lancashire	1936	1974	Created 1.10.1936 out of Rochdale registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Rochdale and Hyndburn & Rossendale registration districts.
Liverpool	Lancashire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.10.1934 to become part of Liverpool South registration district.
Liverpool	Lancashire	1969	1974	Created 1.10.1969 out of Liverpool North and Liverpool South registration districts. Transferred to the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1974.
Liverpool North	Lancashire	1934	1969	Created 1.10.1934 out of West Derby registration district. Abolished 1.10.1969 to become part of Liverpool registration district.
Liverpool South	Lancashire	1934	1969	Created 1.4.1934 out of Liverpool and Prescot registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1969 to become part of Liverpool registration district.
Lunesdale	Lancashire	1869	1974	Created 1.7.1869 out of Lancaster registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Lancaster registration district.
Manchester	Lancashire	1837	1924	Abolished 1.1.1925 to become part of Manchester North registration district.
Manchester	Lancashire	1939	1974	Created 1.4.1939 out of Manchester North and Manchester South registration districts. Transferred to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.
Manchester North	Lancashire	1925	1939	Created 1.1.1925 from Prestwich and Manchester registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1939 to become part of Manchester and Ashton under Lyne registration districts.
Manchester South	Lancashire	1925	1939	Created 1.1.1925 (by renaming Chorlton registration district. Abolished 1.4.1939 to become part of Manchester registration district.
Middleton	Lancashire	1933	1974	Created 1.10.1933 out of Oldham, Bury, and Manchester North registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Oldham and Rochdale registration districts.
Nelson	Lancashire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 out of Burnley registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Burnley & Pendle and Ribble Valley registration districts.
Newton	Lancashire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of Warrington registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Warrington and St. Helens registration districts.
Oldham	Lancashire	1848	1974	Transferred to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.
Ormskirk	Lancashire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of West Lancashire, Crosby, and Knowsley registration districts.
Prescot	Lancashire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Knowsley and St. Helens registration districts.
Preston	Lancashire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Preston & South Ribble registration district.
Preston & South Ribble	Lancashire	1974	2005	Created 1.4.1974 out of Amounderness, Preston, and Chorley registration districts. Abolished 1.6.2005 to become part of Lancashire registration district.
Prestwich	Lancashire	1875	1924	Created 1.10.1874 out of Manchester registration district. Abolished 1.1.1925 to become part of Manchester North registration district.
Ribble Valley	Lancashire	1974	2005	Created 1.4.1974 out of Clitheroe, Amounderness, Darwen, Ewecross and Nelson registration districts. Abolished 1.6.2005 to become part of Lancashire registration district.
Rochdale	Lancashire	1837	1974	Transferred to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.
Saddleworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1894	Partly in Lancashire until 1894.
St. Helens	Lancashire	1935	1974	Transferred to the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1974.
Salford	Lancashire	1837	1974	Transferred to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974.
Southport	Lancashire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of Ormskirk registration district. Transferred to the county of Merseyside on 1.4.1974.
Stockport	Cheshire	1837	1913	Partly in Lancashire until 9.11.1913.
Todmorden	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1889	Partly in Lancashire until 1889.
Toxteth Park	Lancashire	1881	1922	Created 1.7.1881 out of West Derby registration district. Abolished 1.9.1922 to become part of Liverpool registration district.
Ulverston	Lancashire	1837	1974	Transferred to the county of Cumbria on 1.4.1974.
Warrington	Lancashire	1837	1974	See Cheshire after 1974.
West Derby	Lancashire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.10.1934 to become part of Liverpool North, Bootle, and Crosby registration districts.
West Lancashire	Lancashire	1974	2005	Created 1.4.1974 out of Ormskirk, Ince, and Crosby registration districts. Abolished 1.6.2005 to become part of Lancashire registration district.
Widnes	Lancashire	1964	1974	Created 1.10.1964 out of Prescot registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Halton, Knowsley, St. Helens, and Warrington registration districts.
Wigan	Lancashire	1837	1895	Abolished 1.8.1995 to become part of Wigan & Leigh registration district.
Worsley	Lancashire	1841	1850	Created 12.3.1841 out of Barton, Worsley & Flixton registration district. Abolished 1.1.1850 to become part of Barton upon Irwell registration district.

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