Chippenham Registration District

CHIPPENHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Wiltshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.2008 (to become part of Wiltshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Castle Combe, Chippenham, Christian Malford, Corsham, Malmesbury.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837–51), 5a (1852–1946), 7C (1946–74), 23 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Wiltshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Chippenham Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Avon	Wiltshire	1837	1895	Abolished 1.4.1895 to become part of the parish of Kellaways.
Biddestone	Wiltshire	1885	2008	Created 25.3.1885 out of the parishes of Biddestone St. Peter and Biddestone St. Nicholas. See also Table 2, note (n).
Biddestone St. Nicholas	Wiltshire	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 to become part of the parish of Biddestone.
Biddestone St. Peter	Wiltshire	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 to become part of the parish of Biddestone.
Box	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Bremhill	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (n).
Brinkworth	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Brokenborough	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h), (j) and (n).
Calne	Wiltshire	1974	2008	Created 1.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Calne Within. See also Table 2, note (n).
Calne Within	Wiltshire	1936	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the parish of Calne. See Table 2, notes (g) and (n).
Calne Without	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (n).
Castle Combe	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Charlton	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Cherhill	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (n).
Chippenham	Wiltshire	1837	1894	Abolished 30.9.1894 to become the separate parishes of Chippenham Within and Chippenham Without. See also Table 2, note (a).
Chippenham	Wiltshire	1974	2008	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Chippenham Within and the municipal borough of Chippenham. See also Table 2, note (n).
Chippenham Within	Wiltshire	1894	1974	Created 30.9.1894 from the part of the parish of Chippenham in Chippenham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the unparished area of Chippenham.
Chippenham Without	Wiltshire	1894	2008	Created 30.9.1894 from the rural part of the parish of Chippenham. See also Table 2, note (n).
Christian Malford	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (e), (f) and (n).
Colerne	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Compton Bassett	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (n).
Corsham	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Crudwell	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Dauntsey	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Ditteridge	Wiltshire	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 to become part of the parish of Box.
Draycot Cerne	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Sutton Benger.
Easton Grey	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Great Somerford	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Grittleton	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (i) and (n).
Hankerton	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Hardenhuish	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Langley Burrell Without.
Heddington	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (n).
Hilmarton	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (n).
Hullavington	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Kellaways	Wiltshire	1895	1934	Created 1.4.1895 from the parishes of Tytherton Kellwawys and Avon. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Langley Burrell Without.
Kington Langley	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Kington St. Michael	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Lacock	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Langley Burrell	Wiltshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Langley Burrell Within and Langley Burrell Without.
Langley Burrell Within	Wiltshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Langley Burrell in Chippenham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Chippenham Within.
Langley Burrell Without	Wiltshire	1894	2008	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Langley Burrell. See also Table 2, note (n).
Lea & Cleverton	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Leigh Delamere	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Grittleton.
Little Somerford	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Littleton Drew	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Grittleton.
Luckington	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Malmesbury	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Minety	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Nettleton	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
North Wraxall	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Norton	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Oaksey	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Pewsham	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (d) and (n).
St. Paul Malmesbury Without	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).
Seagry	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Sutton Benger.
Seagry	Wiltshire	1971	2008	Created 1.4.1971 out of the parish of Sutton Benger. See also Table 2, note (n).
Sherston	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h), (k) and (l).
Slaughterford	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Biddestone.
Sopworth	Wiltshire	1936	2008	See Table 2, notes (h), (m) and (n).
Stanton St. Quintin	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Sutton Benger	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).
Tytherton Kellaways	Wiltshire	1837	1895	Abolished 1.4.1895 to become part of the parish of Kellaways. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
West Kington	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Nettleton.
Yatton Keynell	Wiltshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (n).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Chippenham Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Chippenham (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Bremhill, including Scotts Mill Cottage) from Calne registration district.	5 in 1891
24.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Tytherton Kelways, including Barnbridge (which became part of the parish of Bremhill on 24.3.1883) to Calne registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1884	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Tytherton Kelways (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Bremhill, including part of Kellaways Farm) from Calne registration district.	4 in 1891
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Pewsham (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Bromham, near Bowden Hill) from Devizes registration district.	0 in 1891
	(e)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Christian Malford (which became part of the parish of Bremhill on 24.3.1884) to Calne registration district.	125 in 1891
25.3.1885	(f)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Christian Malford (which became part of the parish of Bremhill on 25.3.1885) to Calne registration district.	125 in 1891
1.4.1936	(g)	Gained the parishes of Bremhill, Calne Within, Calne Without, Cherhill, Compton Bassett, Heddington, and Hilmarton, from Calne registration district.	8260 in 1931
	(h)	Gained the parishes of Brinkworth, Brokenborough, Charlton, Crudwell, Dauntsey, Easton Grey, Great Somerford, Hankerton, Hullavington, Lea & Cleverton, Little Somerford, Luckington, Malmesbury, Minety, Norton, Oaksey, St. Paul Malmesbury Without, Sherston, and Sopworth, from Malmesbury registration district.	10748 in 1931
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Grittleton (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Hullavington) from Malmesbury registration district.	20 in 1931
1.4.1966	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Brokenborough (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Long Newnton) from Cirencester registration district.
	(k)	Lost parts of the parish of Sherston (which became parts of the parishes of Didmarton and Weston Birt with Lasborough on 1.4.1966) to Cirencester registration district.
	(l)	Gained parts of the parish of Sherston (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Sopworth and Weston Birt with Lasborough) from Cirencester registration district.
	(m)	Gained part of the parish of Sopworth (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Didmarton) from Cirencester registration district.
1.4.2008 (abolished)	(n)	Lost the constituent parishes of Biddestone, Box, Bremhill, Brinkworth, Brokenborough, Calne, Calne Without, Castle Combe, Charlton, Cherhill, Chippenham Without, Christian Malford, Colerne, Compton Bassett, Corsham, Crudwell, Dauntsey, Easton Grey, Great Somerford, Grittleton, Hankerton, Heddington, Hilmarton, Hullavington, Kington Langley, Kington St. Michael, Lacock, Langley Burrell Without, Lea & Cleverton, Little Somerford, Luckington, Malmesbury, Minety, Nettleton, North Wraxall, Norton, Oaksey, Pewsham, Seagry, Sherston, Sopworth, Stanton St. Quintin, Sutton Benger, and Yatton Keynell, and the unparished area of Chippenham, to Wiltshire registration district.

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