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SOUTH SHIELDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham.
Created
: 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Hebburn, Jarrow, South Shields, South Shields First, South Shields Rural, South Shields Second, Westoe.
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837–51), 10A (1852–1946), 1A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : South Tyneside.

Table 1: List of Places in South Shields Registration District

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Boldon

Durham

1837

1937

See Table 2, note (b).

Boldon Colliery

Durham

1895

1936

Created 1.4.1895 out of the parish of Boldon. Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Boldon, Heworth, and Jarrow. See also Table 2, note (c).

Harton

Durham

1837

1921

Abolished 1.11.1921 and incorporated into the parishes of South Shields and Whitburn.

Hebburn

Durham

1894

1937

Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow in Hebburn Urban District. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (d).

Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow

Durham

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Jarrow, Hebburn, and Monkton.

Jarrow

Durham

1894

1937

Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow in Jarrow Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, note (b).

Monkton

Durham

1894

1936

Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Hedworth Monkton & Jarrow. Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Jarrow, Boldon, Hebburn, Heworth, and South Shields. See also Table 2, note (e).

South Shields

Durham

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (f).

Westoe

Durham

1837

1897

Abolished 30.3.1897 and incorporated into the parish of Westoe.

Whitburn

Durham

1837

1936

Abolished 1.4.1936 and incorporated into the parishes of Boldon and South Shields. See also Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting South Shields Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.4.1928

(a)

Lost part of the parish of Whitburn (which became part of the parish of Sunderland on 1.4.1928) to Sunderland registration district.

54 in 1921

1.1.1938

(b)

Lost the parishes of Boldon, Hebburn, and Jarrow, to Durham North Eastern registration district.

76766 in 1931

(c)

Lost part of the parish of Boldon Colliery (which became part of the parish of Heworth on 1.4.1936) to Durham North Eastern registration district.

95 in 1931

(d)

Lost part of the parish of Hebburn (which became part of the parish of Heworth on 1.4.1936) to Durham North Eastern registration district.

89 in 1931

(e)

Lost part of the parish of Monkton (which became part of the parish of Heworth on 1.4.1936) to Durham North Eastern registration district.

43 in 1931

1.4.1951

(f)

Gained part of the parish of South Shields (which until 1.4.1951 formed part of the parish of Boldon) from Durham North Eastern registration district.

 


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