Petersfield Registration District

PETERSFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hampshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.2008 (to become part of Hampshire registration district).
Sub-districts : East Meon, Petersfield
GRO volumes : VII (1837–51), 2c (1852–1946), 6B (1946–74), 20 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Hampshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Petersfield Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bramshott	Hampshire and Sussex	1869	1889	In 1894 the West Sussex part of the parish of Bramshott (which until 1.4.1889 had been part of Sussex) became part of the parish of Rogate, so that thereafter Bramshott was wholly in Hampshire. See also Table 2, notes (a), (c), (e) and (j).
	Hampshire and West Sussex	1889	1894
	Hampshire	1894	2008
Buriton	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (j).
Clanfield	Hampshire	1932	2008	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Colemore	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Colemore & Priors Dean.
Colemore & Priors Dean	Hampshire	1932	2008	Created 1.4.1932 out of the parishes of Priors Dean and Colemore. See also Table 2, note (j).
East Meon	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (j).
Empshott	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Hawkley.
Froxfield	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (j).
Greatham	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (d) and (j).
Hawkley	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (j).
Horndean	Hampshire	1932	2008	See Table 2, notes (f) and (j).
Langrish	Hampshire	1894	2008	Created 1894 out of the parish of East Meon. See also Table 2, note (j).
Liss	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (j).
Petersfield	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (j).
Priors Dean	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Colemore & Priors Dean.
Privett	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Froxfield.
Rowlands Castle	Hampshire	1932	2008	Created 1.4.1932 out of the parishes of Norh Havant, Idsworth, Warblington, Blendworth, Bedhampton, and Chalton. See also Table 2, notes (g). (h), (i) and (j).
Sheet	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Petersfield, Steep, and Burton.
Steep	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (b and (j).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Petersfield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1869	(a)	Gained the parish of Bramshott from Farnborough registration district.	1367 in 1861
24.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Steep, comprising part of Borden Wood Estate (which became part of the parish of Chithurst on 24.3.1883) to Midhurst registration district.	0 in 1891
1.6.1895	(c)	Lost the part of the parish of Bramshott in West Sussex (which became part of the parish of Rogate in 1894) to Midhurst registration district.	11 in 1891
1.4.1929	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Greatham (which became part of the parish of Whitehill on 1.4.1929) to Alton registration district.	567 in 1921
1.10.1932	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Bramshott (which became part of the parish of Grayshott on 1.4.1932) to Alton registration district.	20 in 1931
	(f)	Gained the parishes of Clanfield and Horndean from Catherington registration district.	2753 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Rowlands Castle (which until 1.4.1932 formed the parish of Idsworth and parts of the parishes of Blendworth and Chalton) from Catherington registration district.	621 in 1931
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Rowlands Castle (which until 1.4.1932 formed parts of the parishes of Bedhampton, North Havant, and Warblington) from Havant registration district.	883 in 1931
1.4.1952	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Rowlands Castle (which became part of the parish of Havant on 1.4.1952) to Gosport registration district.
1.4.2008 (abolished)	(j)	Lost the constituent parishes of Bramshott, Buriton, Clanfield, Colemore & Priors Dean, Eastmeon, Froxfield, Greatham, Hawkley, Horndean, Langrish, Liss, Petersfield, Rowlands Castle, and Steep, to Hampshire registration district.

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