Penistone Registration District

PENISTONE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire West Riding
Created : 1.1.1911 (out of Wortley registration district).
Abolished : 1.1.1947 (incorporated into Staincross and Upper Agbrigg registration districts).
Sub-districts : Cawthorne, High Hoyland, Penistone
GRO volumes : 9c (1911–46), 2C (1946).
Registers now held by : Barnsley and Huddersfield.

Table 1: List of Places in Penistone Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Cawthorne	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Clayton West	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Denby	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Gunthwaite	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 and incorporated into the parish of Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth. See also Table 2, note (a).
Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1938	1946	Created 1.4.1938 from the parishes of Ingbirchworth and Gunthwaite. See also Table 2, note (b).
High Hoyland	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Hoyland Swaine	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 and incorporated into the parish of Penistone. See also Table 2, note (a).
Hunshelf	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Ingbirchworth	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 and incorporated into the parish of Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth. See also Table 2, note (a).
Kexborough	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 and incorporated into the parish of Darton. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Langsett	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Oxspring	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Penistone	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Silkstone	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Thurgoland	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1946	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Thurlstone	Yorkshire West Riding	1911	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 and incorporated into the parishes of Penistone and Dunford. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Penistone Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1911 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Cawthorne, Clayton West, Denby, Gunthwaite, High Hoyland, Hoyland Swaine, Hunshelf, Ingbirchworth, Kexborough, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Silkstone, Thurgoland, and Thurlstone, from Wortley registration district.	17428 in 1901
1.1.1947 (abolished)	(b)	Lost the parishes of Cawthorne, Gunthwaite & Ingbirchworth, High Hoyland, Hunshelf, Langsett, Oxspring, Penistone, Silkstone, and Thurgoland, to Staincross registration district.	12494 in 1931
	(c)	Lost the parish of Kexborough (which became part of the parish of Darton on 1.4.1938) to Staincross registration district.	1673 in 1901
	(d)	Lost the parish of Thurlstone (which became part of the parish of Dunford on 1.4.1938) to Staincross registration district.	581 in 1901
	(e)	Lost the parishes of Clayton West and Denby, to Upper Agbrigg registration district.	3271 in 1931

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