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REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN SHROPSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Shropshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

For the purposes of these pages  "Shropshire" 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

Atcham

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and divided between Shrewsbury, Forden, Oswestry and Clun registration districts.

Bridgnorth

Shropshire

1837

2005

Abolished 1.9.2005 and added to Shropshire registration district.

Bromsgrove

Worcestershire

1837

1844

Partly in Shropshire until 20.10.1844.

Church Stretton

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and divided between Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth registration districts.

Cleobury Mortimer

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and added to Bridgnorth registration district.

Clun

Shropshire

1837

2005

Abolished 1.9.2005 and added to Shropshire registration district.

Ellesmere

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and divided between Oswestry, Overton, Whitchurch and Shrewsbury registration districts.

Forden

Montgomeryshire

1870

1935

Created 1.7.1870 by renaming Montgomery registration district. Partly in Shropshire until 1.10.1935.

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

1837

1895

Partly in Shropshire until 30.9.1895.

Knighton

Radnorshire

1837

1933

Partly in Shropshire until 1.4.1933.

Ludlow

Shropshire

1837

2005

Abolished 1.9.2005 and added to Shropshire registration district.

Madeley

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and divided between Wenlock, Wellington and Shrewsbury registration districts.

Market Drayton

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and divided between Whitchurch and Newcastle-under-Lyme registration districts.

Montgomery

Montgomeryshire

1837

1870

Renamed 1.7.1870 to become Forden registration district.

Newport

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and divided between Wellington, Stafford and Cannock registration districts.

North Shropshire

Shropshire

1970

2005

Created 1.1.1970 by renaming Whitchurch registration district. Abolished 1.9.2005 and added to Shropshire registration district.

Oswestry

Shropshire

1837

2005

Abolished 1.9.2005 and added to Shropshire registration district.

Seisdon

Staffordshire

1837

1839

Created 1.7.1837. Abolished 31.3.1839 and added to Wolverhampton registration district.

Shifnal

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and divided between Wellington, Cannock and Bilston registration districts.

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

1837

1871

Abolished 1.10.1871 and added to Atcham registration district.

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

1935

2005

Created 1.10.1935 out of Atcham, Church Stretton, Madeley and Ellesmere registration districts. Abolished 1.9.2005 and added to Shropshire registration district.

Shropshire

Shropshire

2005

 

Created 1.9.2005 from Bridgnorth, Clun, Ludlow, North Shropshire, Oswestry and Shrewsbury registration districts.

Stourbridge

Worcestershire

1837

1844

Partly in Shropshire until 20.10.1844.

Telford & Wrekin

Shropshire

1998

 

Created 1.4.1998 by renaming Wrekin registration district.

Tenbury

Worcestershire

1837

1934

Partly in Shropshire until 1.7.1934.

Wellington

Shropshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Wrekin registration district.

Wem

Shropshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.10.1935 and added to Whitchurch registration district.

Wenlock

Shropshire

1935

1948

Created 1.10.1935 out of Madeley registration district. Abolished 1.7.1948 and added to Bridgnorth registration district.

West Bromwich

Staffordshire

1837

1844

Partly in Shropshire until 20.10.1844.

Whitchurch

Shropshire

1837

1838

Abolished 15.1.1838 and added to Wem registration district.

Whitchurch

Shropshire

1853

1969

Created 4.4.1853 out of Ellesmere, Great Boughton, Nantwich, Wem and Wrexham registration districts. Renamed 1.1.1970 to become North Shropshire registration district.

Wolverhampton

Staffordshire

1837

1935

Partly in Shropshire until 1.4.1935.

Wrekin

Shropshire

1974

1998

Created 1.4.1974 out of Wellington registration district. Abolished 1.4.1998 to become Telford & Wrekin registration district.


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