Weardale Registration District

WEARDALE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham
Created : 1.7.1837
Abolished : 1.7.1938 (incorporated into Durham Western registration district).
Sub-districts : St. John, Stanhope, Wolsingham
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837–51), 10a (1852–1938).
Registers now held by : County of Durham district.

Table 1: List of Places in Weardale Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Edmondbyers	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (a).
Hunstanworth	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (a).
Stanhope	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (a).
Stanhope Urban	Durham	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Stanhope in Stanhope Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Stanhope.
Tow Law	Durham	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Wolsingham in Tow Law Urban District. See also Table 2, note (a).
Wolsingham	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Weardale Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1938	(a)	Lost the constituent parishes of Edmondbyers, Hunstantworth, Stanhope, Tow Law,and Wolsingham, to Durham Western registration district.	14147 in 1931

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