Warrington Registration District

WARRINGTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Lancashire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Latchford, Newton in Makerfield, Rixton, Sankey, Sankey & Winwick, Warrington, Warrington First, Warrington Second, Winwick.
GRO volumes : XX (1837–51), 8c (1852–1946), 10F (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Warrington and St. Helens.

Table 1: List of Places in Warrington Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Burtonwood	Lancashire	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (h).
Croft	Lancashire	1933	1934	Created 1.10.1933 out of the parishes of Southworth with Croft, Culcheth, and Woolston with Martinscroft. See also Table 2, note (h).
Cuerdley	Lancashire	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (f) and (h).
Golborne	Lancashire	1837	1845	See Table 2, note (b).
Grappenhall	Cheshire	1845	1895	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Great Sankey	Lancashire	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (h).
Haydock	Lancashire	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (h).
Houghton Middleton & Arbury	Lancashire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.10.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Winwick.
Kenyon	Lancashire	1837	1845	See Table 2, note (b).
Latchford	Cheshire	1845	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Latchford within the borough of Warrington became part of Lancashire. In 1894 the part remaining in Cheshire became the separate parish of Latchford Without, so that thereafter Latchford was wholly in Lancashire. The parish was abolished 30.9.1898 and incorporated into the parish of Warrington. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
	Cheshire and Lancashire	1889	1894
	Lancashire	1894	1898
Latchford Without	Cheshire	1894	1895	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Latchford. See also Table 2, note (c).
Little Sankey	Lancashire	1894	1896	Created 1894 out of the parish of Warrington. Abolished 9.11.1896 and re-incorporated into the parish of Warrington.
Newton in Makerfield	Lancashire	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (h).
Penketh	Lancashire	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (h).
Poulton with Fearnhead	Lancashire	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (h).
Rixton with Glazebrook	Lancashire	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (e), (g) and (h).
Southworth with Croft	Lancashire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.10.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Croft and Winwick.
Thelwall	Cheshire	1845	1895	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Warrington	Lancashire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Winwick	Lancashire	1933	1934	Created 1.10.1933 out of the parishes of Winwick with Hulme, Houghton Middleton & Arbury, and Southworth with Croft. See also Table 2, notes (h) and (j).
Winwick with Hulme	Lancashire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.10.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Winwick.
Woolston	Lancashire	1933	1934	Created 1.10.1933 from the parishes of Woolston with Martinscroft and Culcheth. See also Table 2, note (h).
Woolston with Martinscroft	Lancashire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.10.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Woolston and Croft. See also Table 2, note (j).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Warrington Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
21.10.1845	(a)	Gained the townships of Grappenhall, Latchford, and Thelwall, from Runcorn registration district.	3282 in 1841
22.11.1845	(b)	Lost the townships of Golborne and Kenyon to Leigh registration district.	1980 in 1841
1.7.1895	(c)	Lost the parishes of Grappenhall, Latchford Without, and Thelwall, to Runcorn registration district.	2194 in 1891
1.12.1896	(d)	Gained parts of the parish of Latchford (which until 9.11.1896 formed parts of the parishes of Appleton, Latchford, and Walton Inferior, from Runcorn registration district.	743 in 1891
1.10.1920	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Rixton with Glazebrook (which until 1.4.1920 formed parts of the parishes of Partington and Warburton) from Bucklow registration district.	0 in 1911
1.3.1921	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Cuerdley (which became part of the parish of Widnes on 9.11.1920) to Prescot registration district.	46 in 1921
1.4.1934	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Rixton with Glazebrook (which became parts of the parishes of Lymm and Warburton on 1.4.1933) to Bucklow registration district.	0 in 1931
	(h)	Lost the parishes of Burtonwood, Croft, Cuerdley, Great Sankey, Haydock, Newton in Makerfield, Penketh, Poulton with Fearnhead, Rixton with Glazebrook, Winwick, and Woolston, to Newton registration district.	44940 in 1931
	(i)	Gained parts of the parish of Warrington (which until 1.4.1933 formed parts of the parishes of Grappenhall, Latchford Without, Stockton Heath, and Walton Inferior) from Runcorn registration district.	647 in 1931
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Woolston with Martinscroft (which became part of the parish of Thelwall on 1.4.1933) to Runcorn registration district.	0 in 1931
1.4.1954	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Warrington (which until 1.4.1954 formed part of the parish of Winwick) from Newton registration district.

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