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List of Districts |
Registration County : Staffordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Handsworth, Oldbury, Wednesbury, West Bromwich First, West
Bromwich North East, West Bromwich Second, West Bromwich South West, West Bromwich
Third
GRO volumes : XVIII (1837–51), 6b (1852–1946), 9B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Sandwell
and Birmingham.
Table 1: List of Places in West Bromwich Registration District
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Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
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Handsworth |
1837 |
1930 |
Abolished 1.10.1930 and incorporated into the parish of Birmingham. See also Table 2, note (d). |
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Oldbury |
1837 |
1844 |
Transferred from Shropshire to Worcestershire on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (f). |
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1844 |
1932 |
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Perry Barr |
1894 |
1928 |
Created 26.3.1894 from the part of the parish of Handsworth in West Bromwich Urban District. Abolished 1.10.1930 and incorporated into the parish of Birmingham. See also Table 2, note (d). |
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1928 |
1930 |
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Warley |
1884 |
1908 |
Created 24.3.1884 out of the parishes of Warley Wigorn, Warley Salop, and Ridgacre. Abolished 30.9.1908 and incorporated into the parish of Warley. See also Table 2, note (a). |
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Warley Salop |
1837 |
1844 |
Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Warley. |
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1844 |
1884 |
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Warley Wigorn |
1837 |
1884 |
Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parishes of Warley, Oldbury, Cakemore, and Ridgacre. See also Table 2, note (b). |
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Warley Woods |
1928 |
1932 |
Created 1.4.1928 out of the parish of Oldbury. See also Table 2, note (e). |
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Wednesbury |
1837 |
1932 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (h). |
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West Bromwich |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (c) and (h) to (r). |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting West Bromwich Registration District
Date of Change | Note | Description of Change | Population transferred |
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24.3.1884 |
(a) |
Gained part of the parish of Warley (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Ridgacre, including Hagley Road and Tinkers Lane) from Stourbridge registration district. |
52 in 1891 |
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(b) | Lost parts of the parish of Warley Wigorn (which became part of the parishes of Cakemore and Ridgacre on 24.3.1884) to Stourbridge registration district. |
234 in 1891 | |
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9.11.1897 |
(c) | Gained part of the parish of West Bromwich (which until 9.11.1897 formed part of the parish of Smethwick) from Kings Norton registration district. |
64 in 1891 |
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1.10.1932 |
(d) | Lost part of the parish of Birmingham (which until 1.10.1930 formed the parishes of Handsworth and Perry Barr) to Birmingham registration district. |
92829 in 1931 |
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(e) | Lost the parish of Warley Woods to Smethwick registration district. |
12477 in 1931 |
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(f) | Lost the parish of Oldbury to Stourbridge registration district. |
35926 in 1931 |
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(g) | Lost the parish of Wednesbury to Wednesbury registration district. |
31531 in 1931 |
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(h) | Lost parts of the parishes of Wednesbury and West Bromwich (which became parts of the parish of Walsall on 1.4.1931) to Walsall registration district. |
150 in 1931 |
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1.4.1966 |
(i) | Gained part of the parish of West Bromwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Bilston) from Bilston registration district. |
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(j) | Lost part of the parish of West Bromwich (which became formed part of the parish of Birmingham on 1.4.1966) to Birmingham registration district. | ||
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(k) | Gained part of the parish of West Bromwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Birmingham) from Birmingham registration district. | ||
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(l) | Gained part of the parish of West Bromwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Oldbury) from Oldbury registration district. | ||
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(m) | Gained parts of the parish of West Bromwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Coseley and Rowley Regis) from Rowley Regis registration district. | ||
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(n) | Gained part of the parish of West Bromwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Smethwick) from Smethwick registration district. | ||
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(o) |
Lost part of the parish of West Bromwich (which became part of the parish of Walsall on 1.4.1966) to Walsall registration district. | ||
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(p) |
Gained part of the parish of West Bromwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Walsall) from Walsall registration district. | ||
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(q) | Lost part of the parish of West Bromwich (which became formed part of the parish of Warley on 1.4.1966) to Warley East registration district. | ||
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(r) | Gained parts of the parish of West Bromwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Aldridge, Great Barr, Tipton, and Wednesbury) from West Bromwich registration district. |
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