Macclesfield Registration District

MACCLESFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cheshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Alderley, Bollington, Congleton, East Macclesfield, Gawsworth, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Macclesfield & Bollington, Macclesfield Rural, Prestbury, Rainow, Sutton, West Macclesfield.
GRO volumes : XIX (1837–51), 8a (1852–46), 10A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Cheshire East (Macclesfield), High Peak and Stockport .

Table 1: List of Places in Macclesfield Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Adlington	Cheshire	1837	1974
Alderley Edge	Cheshire	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Chorley in Alderley Edge Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Birtles	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Henbury and Over Alderley.
Bollington	Cheshire	1837	1974
Bosley	Cheshire	1837	1974
Butley	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Prestbury and Bollington.
Capesthorne	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Siddington.
Chelford	Cheshire	1837	1974
Chorley	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Congleton	Cheshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Eaton	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Fallibroome	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Prestbury and Macclesfield.
Gawsworth	Cheshire	1837	1974
Great Warford	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Henbury	Cheshire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Henbury cum Pexall, Birtles, and Macclesfield.
Henbury cum Pexall	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Henbury.
Hulme Walfield	Cheshire	1948	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Hurdsfield	Cheshire	1837	1974
Kerridge	Cheshire	1894	1900	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Bollington. Abolished 30.9.1900 and re-incorporated into the parish of Bollington.
Kettleshulme	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Lower Withington	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Withington.
Lyme Handley	Cheshire	1837	1974
Macclesfield	Cheshire	1837	1974
Macclesfield Forest	Cheshire	1837	1974
Marton	Cheshire	1837	1974
Mottram St. Andrew	Cheshire	1837	1974
Nether Alderley	Cheshire	1837	1974
Newbold Astbury	Cheshire	1948	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Newton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Mottram St. Andrew.
North Rode	Cheshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Old Withington	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parish of Withington.
Over Alderley	Cheshire	1837	1974
Pott Shrigley	Cheshire	1837	1974
Poynton	Cheshire	1837	1881	Abolished 2.4.1881 and renamed Poynton with Worth.
Poynton with Worth	Cheshire	1881	1974	Created 2.4.1881 by renaming the parish of Poynton.
Prestbury	Cheshire	1837	1974
Rainow	Cheshire	1837	1974
Siddington	Cheshire	1837	1974
Snelson	Cheshire	1837	1974
Somerford	Cheshire	1948	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Somerford Booths	Cheshire	1948	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Sutton	Cheshire	1837	1974
Taxal	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Hartington Upper Quarter, Whaley Bridge, and Wildboarclough. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (i).
Tytherington	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Macclesfield and Bollington.
Upton	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Macclesfield and Prestbury.
Wildboarclough	Cheshire	1837	1974
Wincle	Cheshire	1837	1974
Withington	Cheshire	1936	1974	Created 1.4.1936 from the parishes of Lower Withington and Old Withington.
Woodford	Cheshire	1837	1939	Abolished 1.4.1939 and incorporated into the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall. See also Table 2, note (l).
Worth	Cheshire	1837	1880	Abolished 21.12.1880 and incorporated into the parish of Poynton
Yeardsley cum Whaley	Cheshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Whaley Bridge and Disley. See also Table 2, notes (j) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Macclesfield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1937	(a)	Lost the parish of Alderley Edge to Bucklow registration district.	2424 in 1931
	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Chorley (which became part of the parish of Wilmslow on 1.4.1936) to Bucklow registration district.	0 in 1931
	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Great Warford (which became part of the parish of Mobberley on 1.4.1936) to Bucklow registration district.	18 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Taxal (which became part of the parish of Hartington Upper Quarter on 1.4.1936) to Chapel en le Frith registration district.	26 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parish of Congleton from Congleton registration district.	14546 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Eaton (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Buglawton and Congleton) from Congleton registration district.	34 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of North Rode (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Buglawton) from Congleton registration district.	0 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Kettleshulme (which became part of the parish of Whaley Bridge on 1.4.1936) to Hayfield registration district.	3 in 1931
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Taxal (which became part of the parish of Whaley Bridge on 1.4.1936) to Hayfield registration district.	646 in 1931
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Yeardsley cum Whaley (which became part of the parish of Whaley Bridge on 1.4.1936) to Hayfield registration district.	1745 in 1931
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Yearsley cum Whaley (which became part of the parish of Disley on 1.4.1936) to North East Cheshire registration district.	0 in 1931
1.4.1939	(l)	Lost the parish of Woodford (which became part of the parish of Hazel Grove & Bramhall on 1.4.1939) to North East Cheshire registration district.	801 in 1931
1.10.1959	(m)	Gained the parishes of Hulme Walfield, Newbold Astbury, Somerford, and Somerford Booths, from Congleton registration district.	1398 in 1951

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