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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. Click on the name of the Sub-District to see a list of the places it covered.

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Death Coverage Last updated 19 December 2011
Sub-District Years Operative Registrars Office Held Code Years Indexed
Abbotts Bromley 1837-1935 East Staffordshire AB 1837-1935
Alton 1837-1958 Newcastle-under-Lyme CA 1837-1958
Audley 1837-1937 Newcastle-Under-Lyme AUD 1837-1937
Biddulph (Congleton 1837-1893) 1894-2005 Newcastle-under-Lyme BI 1894- 2005
Brewood 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme BRE 1837-1919
Brewood 1837- Cannock Chase BRE 1919-1935
Burslem 1837-1974 Stoke-on-Trent BUR 1837-1839
Burton upon Trent 1837- East Staffordshire BOT 1837-1993
Castle Church 1837- Stafford CCH 1837-1873
Cannock (old Penkridge Rural District)1837Newcastle-Under-LymeCAN1837-1858
Cheadle 1837-1958 Newcastle-under-Lyme CH 1837-1935
Cheadle and Alton 1959- Newcastle-under-Lyme CAA 1959-2005
Cheddleton 1835-1973 Newcastle-under-Lyme CC 1927-1973
Cheslyn Hay 1935- Cannock Chase CHY 1935-1951
Colwich 1837- Stafford COL 1837-1870
Dilhorne 1837-1939 Newcastle-under-LymeDI1837-1939
Eccleshall 1837- Stafford ECC 1837-1871
Fazeley 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme F 1837-1888
Fenton 1837-1934 Stoke-on-Trent FEN 1837-1848
Gnosall 1837- Stafford GNO 1837-1866
Hanley 1837-1974 Stoke-on-Trent HAN 1837-1843
Hartshill 1935-1939 Stoke-on-Trent HAR  
Ipstones (renamed Cheddleton 1927) 1837-1973 Newcastle-under-Lyme CI 1837-1927
Kidsgrove 1935- Newcastle-Under-Lyme KID 1935-2008
Kinver 1839- Newcastle-under-Lyme KNV 1839-1920
Kinver 1839- Cannock Chase KNV 1920-1953
Leek 1837-1974 Newcastle-under-Lyme LE 1837-1935, 1959-1974
Leek and Cheddleton 1974- Newcastle-under-Lyme LAC 1974-2005
Leek Frith 1838-1935 Newcastle-under-Lyme LF 1838-1935
Leek Rural 1935-1958 Newcastle-under-Lyme LR 1935-1958
Leek Urban 1935-1958 Newcastle-under-Lyme LU 1935-1958
Lichfield 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme L 1837-1888, 1911-1920
Lichfield 1837- Lichfield L 1920-1960
London Road ( City General Hospital ) 1939-1965 Stoke-on-Trent CGH  
Longnor 1837-1935 Newcastle-under-Lyme LON 1837-1935
Longton 1837-1974 Stoke-on-Trent LGN 1837-1868
Penkridge 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme PEN 1837-1886
Penkridge 1837- Cannock Chase PEN 1974-1980
Mayfield 1845-1935
East Staffordshire
 M 1844-1908
Newcastle-Under-Lyme 1837- Newcastle-Under-Lyme NUL 1837-1937
Newcastle-Under-Lyme [Post 1974] 1974- Newcastle-Under-Lyme NEW 1974-2007
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough 1937-1974 Newcastle-Under-Lyme NCB 1937-1974
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Rural   Newcastle-Under-Lyme NCR 1937-1974
Norton in the Moors 1838-1922 Newcastle-under-Lyme NO 1838-1922
Rugeley (Originally under Lichfield Registration District) 1837-1974Newcastle-Under-LymeRUG1837-1894
Shelton 1837-1903 Stoke-on-Trent SHE  
Stafford 1837- Stafford STD 1837-1858
Stoke 1837-Present Stoke-on-Trent STO 1839-1841, 1855-1867, 1872-1878
Stoke Rural 1903-1922 Stoke-on-Trent SR  
Stone 1837- Stafford STE 1837-1862
Sutton Coldfield 1932- East Staffordshire W 1932-1934
Tamworth 1837- Newcastle-under-Lyme T 1837-1888 , 1911-1920
Tamworth 1837- Lichfield T 1920-1960
Trentham 1837- Stafford TRE 1837-1876
Tunstall 1838-1934 Stoke-on-Trent TUN 1838-1841
Tutbury 1837-1969 East Staffordshire T 1837-1975
Uttoxeter 1837- East Staffordshire U 1837-1992
Whitmore 1837- Newcastle-Under-Lyme WHIT 1838-1925
Wolstanton 1837- Newcastle-Under-Lyme WOL 1837-1937
Wombourne 1838- Newcastle-under-Lyme WMB 1838-1921
Wombourne 1838- Cannock Chase WMB 1921-1958
Yoxall 1837- Lichfield Y 1837-1888