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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:
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 |
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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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