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MANCHESTER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire (1837–1925 and 1939–74), Greater Manchester (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished 1.1.1925 (to become part of Manchester North registration district).
Re-created : 1.4.1939 (out of Manchester North and Manchester South registration districts).
Sub-districts : Ancoats, Blackley, Central, Cheetham, Crumpsall, Deansgate, East Manchester, Failsworth, London Road, Manchester, Manchester Central, Manchester East Central, Manchester Eastern, Manchester North Central, Manchester Northern, Manchester Southern, Manchester West Central, Manchester Western, Market Street, Newton, Prestwich, St. George, West Manchester, Withington.
GRO volumes : XX (1837–51), 8d (1852–1924), 8d (1939–46), 10E (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Manchester, Oldham, Bury and Bolton.

Table 1A: List of Places in Manchester Registration District (1837–1924)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Beswick

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Blackley

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Bradford

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Cheetham

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Crumpsall

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Failsworth

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Great Heaton

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Harpurhey

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Little Heaton

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Manchester

Lancashire

1837

1924

Excluding those parts of the parish of Manchester which after 1.4.1916 were included in Chorlton and Prestwich registration districts. See also Table 2, note (b).

Moston

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Newton

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Prestwich

Lancashire

1837

1874

See Table 2, note (a).

Table 1B: List of Places in Manchester Registration District (1939–74)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Manchester

Lancashire

1939

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (d).

Table 1C: List of Places in Manchester Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Manchester registration district became part of the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974

Civil Parish
(or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Manchester

Greater Manchester

1974

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Manchester. See also Table 2, notes (f) and (g).

Ringway

Greater Manchester

1974

See Table 2, notes (e), (h) and (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Manchester Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.10.1874

(a)

Lost the parishes of Beswick, Blackley, Bradford, Cheetham, Crumpsall, Failsworth, Great Heaton, Harpurhey, Little Heaton, Moston, Newton, and Prestwich, to create Prestwich registration district.

77968 in 1871

1.1.1925
(abolished)

(b)

Lost the constituent part of the parish of Manchester (which until 1.4.1916 formed the entire parish of Manchester) to Manchester North registration district.

107668 in 1921

1.4.1939
(re-created)

(c)

Gained part of the parish of Manchester from Manchester North registration district.

758953 in 1931

(d)

Gained part of the parish of Manchester from Manchester South registration district.

1.4.1974

(e)

Gained the parish of Ringway (which was transferred from Cheshire to the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974) from Bucklow registration district.

218 in 1971

1.4.1993

(f)

Gained part of the unparished area of Manchester (which until 1.4.1993 formed part of the unparished area of Wilmslow) from Macclesfield registration district.

0 in 1993

(g)

Lost part of the unparished area of Manchester (which became part of the unparished area of Wilmslow on 1.4.1993) to Macclesfield registration district.

1 in 1993

(h)

Gained parts of the parish of Ringway (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Ashley and Mobberley, and of the unparished area of Wilmslow) from Macclesfield registration district.

0 in 1993

(h)

Lost parts of the parish of Ringway (which became parts of the parishes of Ashley and Mobberley, and of the unparished area of Wilmslow) to Macclesfield registration district.

0 in 1993

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