Wallingford Registration District

WALLINGFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Berkshire (1837–1974), Oxfordshire (1974–2001).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.2001 (to become part of Oxfordshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Cholsey, Wallingford.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 2c (1852–1946), 6A (1946–74), 20 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Oxfordshire.

Table 1A: List of Places in Wallingford Registration District (1837-1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
All Hallows	Berkshire	1837	1919	Abolished 1.4.1919 to become part of the parish of Wallingford.
Aston Tirrold	Berkshire	1837	1974
Aston Upthorpe	Berkshire	1837	1974
Benson	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Berrick Salome	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (e).
Blewbury	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Brightwell	Berkshire	1837	1948	Abolished 1.4.1948 to become part of the parish of Brightwell cum Sotwell.
Brightwell cum Sotwell	Berkshire	1948	1974	Created 1.4.1948 from the parishes of Sotwell and Brighton.
Castle Precincts	Berkshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become parts of the parishes of Clapcot and All Hallows.
Cholsey	Berkshire	1837	1974
Clapcot	Berkshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the rural parts of the parishes of All Hallows and Castle Precincts. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become parts of the parishes of Sotwell and Wallingford.
Crowmarsh	Oxfordshire	1932	1932	Created 1.4.1932 from the parishes of Newnham Murren, Crowmarsh Gifford, North Stoke, and Mongewell. See also Table 2, note (b).
Crowmarsh Gifford	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Crowmarsh.
Didcot	Berkshire	1837	1974
Dorchester	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (e).
East Hagbourne	Berkshire	1837	1974
Ewelme	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Little Wittenham	Berkshire	1837	1974
Long Wittenham	Berkshire	1837	1974
Mongewell	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Crowmarsh and Rotherfield Greys. See also Table 2, note (d).
Moulsford	Berkshire	1837	1974
Newington	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (e).
Newnham Murren	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Crowmarsh.
North Moreton	Berkshire	1837	1974
North Stoke	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Crowmarsh.
St. Leonard	Berkshire	1837	1919	Abolished 1.4.1919 to become part of the parish of Wallingford.
St. Mary le More	Berkshire	1837	1919	Abolished 1.4.1919 to become part of the parish of Wallingford.
St. Peter	Berkshire	1837	1919	Abolished 1.4.1919 to become part of the parish of Wallingford.
Sotwell	Berkshire	1837	1948	Abolished 1.4.1948 to become part of the parish of Brightwell cum Sotwell.
South Moreton	Berkshire	1837	1974
South Stoke	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (b).
Streatley	Oxfordshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Upton	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Wallingford	Berkshire	1919	1974	Created 1.4.1919 from the parishs of St. Leonard, St. Mary le More, St. Peter, and All Hallows.
Warborough	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (e).
West Hagbourne	Berkshire	1837	1974

Table 1B: List of Places in Wallingford Registration District (1974-2001)

All the areas in Wallingford registration district became part of the county of Oxforshire on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Aston Tirrold	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Aston Upthorpe	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Blewbury	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Brightwell cum Sotwell	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Cholsey	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Didcot	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
East Hagbourne	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Little Wittenham	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Long Wittenham	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Moulsford	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
North Moreton	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
South Moreton	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Upton	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
Wallingford	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).
West Hagbourne	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	See Table 2, note (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wallingford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1932	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Benson (which became part of the parish of Nuffield on 1.4.1932) to Henley registration district.	0 in 1931
	(b)	Lost the parishes of Crowmarsh and South Stoke to Henley registration district.	1692 in 1931
	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Ewelme (which became part of the parish of Bix on 1.4.1932) to Henley registration district.	0 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Mongewell (which became part of the parish of Rotherfield Greys on 1.4.1932) to Henley registration district.	3 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the parishes of Benson, Berrick Salome, Dorchester, Ewelme, Newington, and Warborough, to Ploughley & Bullingdon registration district.	3438 in 1931
1.4.1937	(f)	Gained the parish of Streatley from Bradfield registration district.	774 in 1931
1.4.1937	(g)	Gained the parishes of Blewbury and Upton from Wantage registration district.	781 in 1931
1.10.2001 (abolished)	(h)	Lost the constituent parishes of Aston Tirrold, Aston Upthorpe, Blewbury, Brightwell cum Sotwell, Cholsey, Didcot, East Hagbourne, Little Wittenham, Long Wittenham, Moulsford, North Moreton, South Moreton, Upton, Wallingford, and West Hagbourne, to Oxfordshire registration district.

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