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For the purposes of registering Births and Deaths, Staffordshire was divided into a number of Registrars' Sub-Districts, which could cover anything from part of a large town, up to a group of several dozen rural parishes. The boundaries of these areas have changed frequently over the years since 1837, and as a result many birth and death records have been transferred between different register offices.

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Birth Coverage Last updated 10 September 2024
Sub-District Years Operative Registrars Office Held Code Years Indexed
Abbots Bromley 1837-1935Newcastle-under-LymeAB1837-1935
Alton 1837-1958Newcastle-under-LymeCA1837-1958
Audley 1837-1953 Newcastle-Under-Lyme AUD 1837-1953
Biddulph (CheshireBMD:Congleton 1837-1893) 1894-1995 Newcastle-under-LymeBI1894-2008
Brewood 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme BRE 1837-1958
Brewood and Cheslyn Hay 1916-Newcastle-Under-LymeBCH1916-1969
Burslem 1837-1974Stoke-on-TrentBUR1837-1974
Burton on Trent 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme BOT 1837-2007
Cannock (old Penkridge Rural District)1837 -Newcastle-Under-LymeCAN1837-1992
Castle Church 1837- Stafford CCH 1837-1879
Cheadle 1837-1958 Newcastle-under-Lyme CH 1837-1958
Cheadle and Alton 1959- Newcastle-under-Lyme CAA 1959-2005
Cheddleton 1935-1973 Newcastle-under-Lyme CC 1935-1973
Cheslyn Hay 1935-Newcastle-Under-Lyme CHY 1935-1958
Colwich 1837- Stafford COL 1837-1902
Dilhorne 1837-1939 Newcastle-under-Lyme DI 1837-1939
Eccleshall 1837- Stafford ECC 1837-1935
Fenton 1837-1934 Stoke-on-Trent FEN 1837-1934
Fazeley 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme F 1837-1906
Gnosall 1837-StaffordGNO1837-1970
Hanley 1837-1974Stoke-on-TrentHAN1837-1974
Hartshill 1935-1939 Stoke-on-Trent HAR 1935-1939
Hednesford 1935-Newcastle-Under-LymeHED1935-1952
Ipstones (renamed Cheddleton 1927) 1837-1935Newcastle-under-LymeCI1837-1935
Kidsgrove 1935-Newcastle-Under-LymeKID1935-2007
Kinver 1839- Newcastle-under-Lyme KNV 1839-1958
Leek 1837-1935 Newcastle-under-LymeLE1837-1935, 1959-1974
Leek and Cheddleton 1974- Newcastle-under-Lyme LAC 1974-2006
Leek Frith 1838-1935 Newcastle-under-Lyme LF1837-1935
Leek Rural 1935-1958 Newcastle-under-Lyme LR 1935-1958
Leek Urban 1935-1958 Newcastle-under-Lyme LU 1935-1958
Lichfield 1837- Registers 1 to 111 at Newcastle-under-Lyme, 112 and above at Lichfield L 1837-1965, 1981-2007
London Road ( City General Hospital ) 1928-1965 Stoke-on-Trent CGH 1928-1965
Longnor 1837-1935 Newcastle-under-Lyme LON 1837-1935
Longton 1837-1974 Stoke-on-Trent LGN 1837-1974
Mayfield 1844-Newcastle-under-LymeMAY1844-1908
Newcastle-Under-Lyme 1837-Newcastle-Under-LymeNUL1837-1937
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough 1937-1974Newcastle-Under-LymeNCB1935-1974
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Rural 1937-1974 Newcastle-Under-Lyme NCR1937-1974
Newcastle-Under-Lyme [Post 1974] 1974-Present Newcastle-Under-Lyme NEW 1974-2007
Norton in the Moors 1838-1922 Newcastle-under-Lyme NO 1838-1922
Penkridge 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme PEN 1837-1886, 1970-2000
Rugeley 1837-Newcastle-Under-LymeRUG1837-1995
Seisdon 1918Newcastle-Under-LymeSEIS1918-2008
Shelton 1837-1903 Stoke-on-Trent SHE 1837-1903
Stafford 1837-StaffordSTD1837-2007
Stoke 1837-Present Stoke-on-TrentSTO1837-1993
Stoke Rural 1903-1922 Stoke-on-TrentSR1903-1922
Stone 1837-StaffordSTE1837-2007
Sutton Coldfield 1932-1965LichfieldW1932-1965
Tamworth 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme T 1837-1920
Tamworth 1837- LichfieldT1920-2007
Trentham 1837-StaffordTRE1837-1897
Tutbury 1837-Newcastle-under-LymeT1837-1975
Tunstall 1838-1934 Stoke-on-Trent TUN 1838-1934
Uttoxeter1837Newcastle-under-LymeU1837-2006
Whitmore 1837-1937 Newcastle-Under-Lyme WHIT 1837-1937
Wolstanton (See Note # Below) 1837- Newcastle-Under-Lyme WOL 1837- 1937
Wombourne 1838- Newcastle-under-Lyme WMB 1838-1919
Wombourne 1838- Cannock WMB 1919-1958
Yoxall 1837- LichfieldY1837-1890
Note # : GRO reference to the 'Wolstanton Registration District' includes the sub-districts of Tunstall & Burslem - the information for these Sub Districts are held by the Stoke-on-Trent Registration District and NOT the Newcastle-under-Lyme Registration District.