Lichfield Registration District

LICHFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Staffordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Lichfield, Rugeley, Tamworth, Tutbury, Yoxall.
GRO volumes : XVII (1837–51), 6b (1852–1946), 9B (1946–74)
Registers now held by : Staffordshire (Lichfield), Staffordshire (Newcastle), Staffordshire (Burton) and Staffordshire (Cannock).

Table 1: List of Places in Lichfield Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alrewas	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Alrewas Hays	Staffordshire	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 and incorporated into the parish of Alrewas.
Anslow	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Armitage	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Barton under Needwood	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Branston	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Brereton	Staffordshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Rugeley. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of Rugeley, Brindley Heath, Cannock, Brewood, and Armitage. See also Table 2, note (g).
Brindley Heath	Staffordshire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parish of Brereton.
Burntwood	Staffordshire	1929	1974	Created 1.4.1929 out of the parish of Burntwood Edial & Woodhouses.
Burntwood Edial & Woodhouses	Staffordshire	1837	1929	Abolished 1.4.1929 and incorporated into the parishes of Burntwood and Farewell & Chorley.
Clifton Campville	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Colton	Staffordshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (h) and (i).
Curborough & Elmhurst	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Drayton Bassett	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Dunstall	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Edingale	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Elford	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Farewell & Chorley	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Fazeley	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Fisherwick	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Fradley	Staffordshire	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 and incorporated into the parish of Alrewas.
Freeford	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Swinfen & Packington.
Fulfen	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Whittington and Streethay.
Hammerwich	Staffordshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (n) and (o).
Hamstall Ridware	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Hanbury	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Harlaston	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Haselour	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Harlaston.
Hints	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Kings Bromley	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Kings Bromley Hays	Staffordshire	1837	1922	Abolished 1.4.1922 and incorporated into the parish of Kings Bromley.
Longdon	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Mavesyn Ridware	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Ogley Hay	Staffordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (f).
Ogley Hay Rural	Staffordshire	1896	1934	Created 1.4.1896 out of the rural part of the parish of Ogley Hay. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Hammerwich.
Orgreave	Staffordshire	1837	1885	Abolished 23.3.1885 and incorporated into the parish of Alrewas.
Outwoods	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Pipe Ridware	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Mavesyn Ridware.
Pipe Hill	Staffordshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Wall and St. Michael.
Rolleston	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Rugeley	Staffordshire	1837	1974
St. Chad	Staffordshire	1837	1974
St. Michael	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Shenstone	Staffordshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (d), (n), (p), (q) and (r).
Shire Oak	Staffordshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 out of the part of the parish of Shenstone in Brownhills Urban District. See also Table 2, note (f).
Streethay	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Stretton	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Swinfen & Packington	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Tamhorn	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Fisherwick.
Tamworth	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, notes (j), (l) and (m).
Tatenhill	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
The Close	Staffordshire	1837	1974
The Friary	Staffordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of St. Michael.
Thorpe Constantine	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Tutbury	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Wall	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Weeford	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Whittington	Staffordshire	1837	1974
Wigginton	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
Wychnor	Staffordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Yoxall	Staffordshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Lichfield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Colton (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Colwich) from Stafford registration district.	86 in 1891
25.3.1885	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Colton (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Colwich) from Stafford registration district.	0 in 1891
29.9.1890	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Yoxall (which until 29.9.1890 had formed the Staffordshire part of the parish of Foston and Scopton) from Burton upon Trent registration district.	11 in 1891
1.4.1932	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Shenstone (which became part of the parish of Sutton Coldfield on 1.4.1931) to Sutton Coldfield registration district.	126 in 1921
1.10.1935	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Yoxall (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Tutbury) from Burton upon Trent registration district.	34 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parishes of Ogley Hay and Shire Oak to Cannock registration district.	5075 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Brereton (which became part of the parish of Cannock on 1.4.1934) to Cannock registration district.	715 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Colton (which became part of the parish of Colwich on 1.4.1934) to Stafford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Colton (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Colwich) from Stafford registration district.	0 in 1931
1.10.1939	(j)	Gained the parishes of Clifton Campville, Drayton Bassett, Edingale, Fazeley, Harlaston, Hints, Tamworth, Thorpe Constantine, and Wigginton, from Tamworth registration district.	17306 in 1931
1.10.1939	(k)	Gained the parishes of Anslow, Barton under Needwood, Branston, Dunstall, Hanbury, Outwoods, Rolleston, Stretton, Tatenhill, Tutbury, and Wychnor from Uttoxeter registration district.	9191 in 1931
1.4.1965	(l)	Gained parts of the parish of Tamworth (which until 1.4.1965 formed parts of the parishes of Dordon and Polesworth) from Atherstone registration district.
1.4.1965	(m)	Gained parts of the parish of Tamworth (which until 1.4.1965 formed the parishes of Amington and Glascote, and parts of the parishes of Kingsbury, Shuttington, and Wilnecote & Castle Liberty) from Sutton Coldfield registration district.
1.4.1966	(n)	Lost parts of the parishes of Hammerwich and Shenstone (which became parts of the parish of Aldridge Brownhills on 1.4.1966) to Aldridge & Brownhills registration district.
	(o)	Gained part of the parish of Hammerwich (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Ogley Hay) from Cannock registration district.
	(p)	Lost part of the parish of Shenstone (which became part of the parish of Sutton Coldfield on 1.4.1966) to Sutton Coldfield registration district.
	(q)	Gained part of the parish of Shenstone (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Sutton Coldfield) from Sutton Coldfield registration district.
	(r)	Gained part of the parish of Shenstone (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Aldridge) from Wednesbury registration district.

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