Wrexham Registration District

The Wrexham Registration District came into existence of 1 July 1837 and was based on the boundaries of the existing Wrexham Poor Law Union, which included parts of the counties of Denbighshire, Flintshire and Cheshire.

On 1 April 1853, the Malpas sub-district was abolished, and replaced by the Holt sub-district. This district was substantially the same but with the loss of many of the Cheshire townships to the Whitchurch Registration District in Shropshire.

In 1871, the Hope sub-district was abolished. Its Flintshire parishes and townships being transferred to the Hawarden sub-district of the Chester Registration District and its Denbighshire parishes and townships being transferred to the Holt sub-district of the Wrexham Registration District.