Peterborough Registration District

PETERBOROUGH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Northamptonshire (1837–1934), Soke of Peterborough (1934–67), Huntindgon & Peterborough (1965–74), Cambridgeshire (from 1974).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Crowland, Fletton, Peterborough, Stilton, Thorney.
GRO volumes : XV (1837–51), 3b (1852–1946), 3B (1946–65), 4b (1965–74), 9 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

Table 1A: List of Places in Peterborough Registration District (1837–1974)

The Northamptonshire areas in Peterborough registration district became part of the county of Soke of Peterborugh on 1.4.1889. All the areas in Peterborough registration district became part of the county of Huntingdon & Peterborough on 1.4.1965.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ailsworth	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Alwalton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (b).
Alwalton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Bainton	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, note (d).
Bainton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Barnack	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, note (d).
Barnack	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Borough Fen	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Caldecote	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (b).
Castor	Northamptonshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (f) and (g).
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Chesterton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Chesterton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Crowland	Lincolnshire	1837	1889	Transferred from Lincolnshire to the county of Parts of Holland on 1.4.1889. See also Table 2, note (c).
Crowland	Parts of Holland	1889	1933
Depping Gate	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Denton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (b).
Denton & Caldecote	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Elton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Etton	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Eye	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Farcet	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Farcet	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Fletton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Fletton within the borough of Peterborough became part of the Soke of Peterborough. The parish was abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Fletton Urban and Fletton Rural.
Fletton	Huntingdonshire and Soke of Peterborough	1889	1894
Fletton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Old Fletton. See also Table 2, note (m).
Fletton Rural	Huntingdonshire	1894	1933	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Fletton. See also Table 2, note (b).
Fletton Urban	Soke of Peterborough	1894	1929	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Fletton in Peterborough Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Folksworth	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (b).
Folksworth & Washingley	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Glatton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Glatton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Glinton	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Gunthorpe	Northamptonshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Gunthorpe	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1929
Haddon	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Haddon	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Helpstone	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Holme	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Holme	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Longthorpe	Northamptonshire	1908	1929	Created 1.11.1908 out of the parish of Peterborough Without. Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Marholm	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Maxey	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Minster Close Precincts	Northamptonshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Minster Close Precincts	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1929
Morborne	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Morborne	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Newborough	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Northborough	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Orton Longueville	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Orton Longueville	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Orton Waterville	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Orton Waterville	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Paston	Northamptonshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Paston	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1929
Peakirk	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Peterborough	Soke of Peterborough	1929	1965	Created 1.4.1929 from the parishes of Peterborough Within, Fletton Urban, Peterborough Without, Woodstone Urban, Walton, Werrington, Longthorpe, Paston, Minster Close Precincts, and Gunthorpe. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Peterborough	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Peterborough Within	Soke of Peterborough	1894	1929	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of St. John the Baptist in Peterborough Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Peterborough Without	Soke of Peterborough	1894	1929	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. John the Baptist. Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
St. John the Baptist	Northamptonshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Peterborough Within and Peterborough Without.
St. John the Baptist	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1894
Stamford Baron St. Martins Without	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, note (d).
Stamford Baron St. Martins Without	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Sibson cum Stibbington	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Southorpe	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, note (d).
Southorpe	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Stanground	Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.10.1905 to become the separate parishes of Stanground North and Stanground South. See also Table 2, note (a).
Stanground	Isle of Ely and Huntingdonshire	1889	1905
Stanground North	Isle of Ely	1905	1933	Created 1.10.1905 from the Isle of Ely part of the parish of Stanground. See also Table 2, notes (e) and (l).
Stanground North	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Stanground South	Huntingdonshire	1905	1933	Created 1.10.1905 from the Huntingdonshire part of the parish of Stanground. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Old Fletton. See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Stanground South	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974
Stilton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Stilton	Huntingdonshire	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Sutton	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Thorney	Cambridgeshire	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (e) and (l).
	Isle of Ely	1889	1933
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Thornhaugh	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Thornhaugh	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Ufford	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, note (d).
Ufford	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Upton	Northamptonshire	1837	1889
	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1965
	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Walton	Northamptonshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Walton	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1929
Wansford	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Wansford	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (k).
Washingley	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, note (b).
Water Newton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Water Newton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Werrington	Northamptonshire	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Werrington	Soke of Peterborough	1889	1929
Wittering	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, note (d).
Wittering	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Woodston	Huntingdonshire	1968	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Old Fletton. See Table 2, note (m).
Woodstone	Huntingdonshire	1837	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Woodstone within the borough of Peterborough became part of the Soke of Peterborough. The parish was abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Woodstone Urban and Woodstone Rural.
Woodstone	Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire	1889	1894
Woodstone Rural	Huntingdonshire	1894	1933	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Woodstone. See also Table 2, note (b).
Woodstone Urban	Soke of Peterborough	1894	1929	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Woodstone in Peterborough Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of Peterborough.
Wothorpe	Soke of Peterborough	1934	1965	See Table 2, note (d).
Wothorpe	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Yaxley	Huntingdonshire	1837	1933	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Yaxley	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).

Table 1B: List of Places in Peterborough Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Peterborough registration district became part of the county of Cambridgeshire on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Ailsworth	Cambridgeshire	1974
Alwalton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Bainton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Barnack	Cambridgeshire	1974
Borough Fen	Cambridgeshire	1974
Castor	Cambridgeshire	1974
Chesterton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Deeping Gate	Cambridgeshire	1974
Denton & Caldecote	Cambridgeshire	1974
Elton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Etton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Eye	Cambridgeshire	1974
Farcet	Cambridgeshire	1974
Folksworth & Washingley	Cambridgeshire	1974
Glatton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Glinton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Haddon	Cambridgeshire	1974
Helpstone	Cambridgeshire	1974
Holme	Cambridgeshire	1974
Marholm	Cambridgeshire	1974
Maxey	Cambridgeshire	1974
Morborne	Cambridgeshire	1974
Newborough	Cambridgeshire	1974
Northborough	Cambridgeshire	1974
Old Fletton	Cambridgeshire	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the urban district of Old Fletton, and the parishes of Fletton, Stanground South, and Woodston.
Orton Longueville	Cambridgeshire	1974
Orton Waterville	Cambridgeshire	1974
Peakirk	Cambridgeshire	1974
Peterborough	Cambridgeshire	1974		Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Peterborough.
Sibson cum Stibbington	Cambridgeshire	1974
Southorpe	Cambridgeshire	1974
St. Martins Without	Cambridgeshire	1974
Stanground North	Cambridgeshire	1974
Stilton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Sutton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Thorney	Cambridgeshire	1974
Thornhaugh	Cambridgeshire	1974
Ufford	Cambridgeshire	1974
Upton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Wansford	Cambridgeshire	1974
Water Newton	Cambridgeshire	1974
Whittlesey	Cambridgeshire	1974	1981	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Whittlesey. Abolished 1.11.1981 to become the parish of Whittlesey. See also Table 2, note (n).
Whittlesey	Cambridgeshire	1981		Created 1.11.1981 from the unparished area of Whittlesey.
Wittering	Cambridgeshire	1974
Wothorpe	Cambridgeshire	1974
Yaxley	Cambridgeshire	1974

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Peterborough Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1883	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Stanground (which became part of the parish of St. Mary & St. Andrew on 25.3.1883) to Whittlesey registration district.	11 in 1891
1.1.1934	(b)	Lost the parishes of Alwalton, Caldecote, Chesterton, Denton, Farcet, Fletton Rural, Folksworth, Glatton, Haddon, Holme, Morborne, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Stanground South, Stilton, Washingley, Water Newton, Woodstone Rural, and Yaxley, to Huntingdonshire North registration district.	13336 in 1931
	(c)	Lost the parish of Crowland to Spalding registration district.	2809 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parishes of Bainton, Barnack, Southorpe, Stamford Baron St. Martins Without, Thornhaugh, Ufford, Wansford, Wittering, and Wothorpe, from Stamford registration district.	2331 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the parishes of Stanground North and Thorney to Whittlesey registration distirct.	2151 in 1931
29.9.1956	(f)	Lost parts of the parish of Castor (which became parts of the parishes of Alwalton and Chesterton on 29.9.1956) to Huntingdonshire North registration district.
	(g)	Gained parts of the parish of Castor (which until 29.9.1956 formed parts of the parishes of Alwalton and Chesterton) from Huntingdonshire North registration district.
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Peterborough (which became part of the parish of Orton Longueville on 29.9.1956) to Huntingdonshire North registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Peterborough (which until 29.9.1956 formed part of the parish of Orton Longueville) from Huntingdonshire North registration district.
1.4.1965
	(j)	Lost parts of the parish of Thornhaugh (which became parts of the parishes of Kings Cliffe, Nassington, and Yarwell, on 1.4.1965) to Oundle registration district.
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Wansford (which became part of the parish of Yarwell on 1.4.1965) to Oundle registration district.
	(l)	Gained the parishes of Stanground North and Thorney from Whittlesey registration distirct.	2159 in 1961
1.1.1968	(m)	Gained the parishes of Alwalton, Chesterton, Denton & Caldecote, Elton, Farcet, Fletton, Folksworth & Washingley, Glatton, Haddon, Holme, Morborne, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Sibson cum Stibbington, Stanground South, Stilton, Water Newton, Woodston, and Yaxley, from Huntingdonshire North registration district.
1.4.1974	(n)	Gained the unparished area of Whittlesey (which was transferred from Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely to the county of Cambridgeshire on 1.4.1974) from Whittlesey registration district.	10394 in 1971

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