For the purposes of registering Births and Deaths, Cheshire 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.
This page is updated each time new records are added to the database, and recent additions are also listed on the Updates page.
| Sub-District | Years Operative | Registers at | Code | Years indexed |
| Alderley | 1837-1937 | Cheshire East | ALD | 1837-1937 |
| Altrincham | 1837-1974 | Trafford | ALT | 1837-1930 |
| Ashton & Mossley * | 1961-1974 | Tameside | A&M | 1961-1974 |
| Ashton Hospital | 1961-1974 | Tameside | AHO | 1961-1974 |
| Ashton Town * | 1837-1961 | Tameside | ASH | 1837-1961 |
| Audenshaw * | 1837-1974 | Tameside | AUD | 1837-1974 |
| Bebington | 1892-1937 | Wirral | BE | 1892-1901 |
| Birkenhead | 1837-1937 | Wirral | BIR | 1837-1901 |
| Birkenhead North | 1937-1965 | Wirral | BKN | |
| Birkenhead South | 1937-1965 | Wirral | BKS | |
| Bollington | 1837-1937 | Cheshire East | BOL | 1837-1937 |
| Bredbury | 1905-1969 | Stockport | BRE | 1905-1952 |
| Budworth | 1837-1937 | Warrington | BUD | 1837-1912 |
| Bunbury | 1837-1915 | Cheshire Central | BU | 1837-1915 |
| Cheadle | 1837-1974 | Stockport | CHD | 1837-1953 |
| Chester Castle (1) | 1837-1918 | Cheshire West | CAS | 1837-1918 |
| Chester Castle (2) | 1937-1974 | Cheshire West | CAS | 1937-1950 |
| Chester Cathedral | 1837-1918 | Cheshire West | CAT | 1837-1918 |
| Chester City | 1918-1974 | Cheshire West | CHC | 1918-1950 |
| Chester Rural | 1918-1937 | Cheshire West | CHR | 1918-1937 |
| Church Hulme | 1837-1937 | Cheshire East | CH | 1837-1937 |
| Congleton | 1837-1974 | Cheshire East | CO | 1837-1951 |
| Crewe (1) | 1882-1920 | Cheshire Central | CR | 1882-1920 |
| Crewe (2) | 1937-1971 | Cheshire Central | CR | 1937-1958 |
| Crewe Borough | 1920-1937 | Cheshire Central | CR | 1920-1937 |
| Daresbury | 1845-1891 | Halton | DAR | 1845-1891 |
| Denton * | 1837-1937 | Tameside | DEN | 1837-1937 |
| Dukinfield (1) | 1837-1897 | Tameside | DUK | 1837-1897 |
| Dukinfield (2) | 1908-1969 | Tameside | DUK | 1908-1969 |
| Dukinfield & Stalybridge | 1969-1974 | Tameside | D&S | 1969-1974 |
| East Macclesfield | 1837-1907 | Cheshire East | EMC | 1837-1907 |
| East Wirral | 1937-1974 | Wirral | EW | |
| Eastham | 1837-1937 | Cheshire West | EAS | 1837-1937 |
| Flixton * | 1837-1841 | Trafford | FLX | 1837-1841 |
| Frodsham | 1837-1937 | Halton | FRO | 1837-1937 |
| Gawsworth | 1837-1937 | Cheshire East | GAW | 1837-1937 |
| Grappenhall | 1837-1845 | Halton | GRA | 1837-1845 |
| Great Boughton | 1870-1871 | Cheshire West | GBO | 1870-1871 |
| Hartshead * | 1837-1897 | Tameside | HAR | 1837-1897 |
| Haslington | 1920-1937 | Cheshire Central | HA | 1920-1937 |
| Hawarden | 1837-1871 | Flintshire | HAW | 1837-1871 |
| Hazel Grove | 1837-1974 | Stockport | HAZ | 1837-1952 |
| Heaton Norris * | 1837-1937 | Stockport | HEA | 1837-1937 |
| Hyde | 1837-1974 | Tameside | HYD | 1837-1974 |
| Knott Lanes * | 1837-1897 | Tameside | KNO | 1837-1897 |
| Knutsford | 1837-1974 | Cheshire East | KNU | 1837-1953 |
| Latchford | 1845-1896 | Warrington | LAT | 1845-1896 |
| Lees * | 1911-1927 | Tameside | LEE | 1911-1927 |
| Lymm (1) | 1837-1937 | Warrington | LYM | 1837-1912 |
| Lymm (2) | 1962-1974 | Warrington | LYM | |
| Macclesfield | 1907-1948 | Cheshire East | MAC | 1907-1948 |
| Macclesfield & Bollington | 1948-1974 | Cheshire East | MBO | 1948-1951 |
| Macclesfield Rural | 1948-1974 | Cheshire East | MRU | 1948-1951 |
| Malpas (1) | 1837-1854 | Wrexham | ML | 1837-1854 |
| Malpas (2) | 1853-1937 | Cheshire West | MAL | 1853-1937 |
| Marple (1) | 1837-1907 | Stockport | MAR | 1837-1907 |
| Marple (2) | 1924-1937 | Stockport | MAR | 1924-1937 |
| Middlewich | 1837-1937 | Cheshire Central | MI | 1837-1937 |
| Mossley * | 1897-1951 | Tameside | MOS | 1897-1951 |
| Mottram | 1837-1937 | Tameside | MOT | 1837-1937 |
| Nantwich | 1837-1971 | Cheshire Central | NA | 1837-1958 |
| Neston | 1837-1937 | Wirral | NES | 1837-1921 |
| Newton | 1837-1937 | Tameside | NEW | 1837-1937 |
| Northwich | 1837-1974 | Cheshire Central | NO | 1837-1958 |
| Over | 1837-1937 | Cheshire Central | OV/WI | 1837-1937 |
| Prestbury | 1837-1937 | Cheshire East | PRE | 1837-1937 |
| Rainow | 1837-1928 | Cheshire East | RAI | 1837-1928 |
| Rixton * | 1837-1914 | Warrington | RIX | 1837-1912 |
| Runcorn | 1837-1974 | Halton | RUN | 1837-1950 |
| Sale | 1903-1974 | Trafford | SAL | 1903-1921 |
| Sandbach | 1837-1971 | Cheshire East | SA | 1837-1953 |
| Sankey * | 1837-1914 | Warrington | SAN | 1837-1912 |
| Stalybridge | 1897-1969 | Tameside | STB | 1897-1969 |
| Stayley | 1837-1882 | Tameside | STY | 1837-1882 |
| Stockport First | 1837-1974 | Stockport | ST1 | 1837-1951 |
| Stockport Second | 1837-1974 | Stockport | ST2 | 1837-1951 |
| Stockport Third | 1903-1974 | Stockport | ST3 | 1903-1951 |
| Stockton Heath | 1937-1974 | Warrington | STH | |
| Stretford * | 1837-1937 | Trafford | STR | 1837-1930 |
| Sutton | 1837-1910 | Cheshire East | SUT | 1837-1910 |
| Tameside | Tameside | TAM | 1991-2007 | |
| Tarvin Rural | 1937-1974 | Cheshire West | TAR | 1937-1950 |
| Tattenhall | 1837-1937 | Cheshire West | TAT | 1837-1937 |
| Trafford | 1974-date | Trafford | TFD | 1990-2004 |
| Tranmere | 1861-1937 | Wirral | TR | 1861-1901 |
| Wallasey | 1837-1974 | Wirral | WAL | 1837-1929 |
| Warrington * | 1837-1954 | Warrington | WAR | 1837-1912 |
| Weaverham | 1837-1937 | Cheshire Central | WV | 1837-1937 |
| West Macclesfield | 1837-1907 | Cheshire East | WMC | 1837-1907 |
| West Wirral | 1937-1974 | Wirral | WW | |
| Wilmslow | 1837-1974 | Cheshire East | WIL | 1837-1953 |
| Winsford | 1937-1974 | Cheshire Central | WI | 1937-1958 |
| Widnes * | 1837-1974 | Warrington | WID | 1837-1900 |
| Winwick * | 1837-1927 | Warrington | WIN | 1837-1912 |
| Woodchurch | 1837-1937 | Wirral | WOO | 1837-1902 |
| Wrenbury | 1837-1937 | Cheshire Central | WR | 1837-1937 |
| Wybunbury | 1837-1882 | Cheshire Central | CR | 1837-1882 |
* = areas in Lancashire until 1974
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