Witney Registration District

WITNEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Oxfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1982 (to become part of West Oxfordshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Bampton, Burford, Eynsham (Ensham), Witney.
GRO volumes : XVI (1837–51), 3a (1852–1946), 6B (1946–74), 20 (1974–82).
Registers currently held at : Oxfordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Witney Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alvescot	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Asthall	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Aston & Cote	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Aston Bampton.
Aston Bampton	Oxfordshire	1932	1954	Created 1.4.1932 from the parishes of Aston & Cole and Chimney. Abolished 1.4.1954 to become part of the parish of Aston Bampton & Shifford
Aston Bampton & Shifford	Oxfordshire	1954	1982	Created 1.4.1954 from the separate parishes of Aston Bampton and Shifford.
Bampton	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Black Bourton	Oxfordshire	1837	1971	Abolished 1.4.1971 to become part of the parish of Carterton & Black Bourton.
Bladon	Oxfordshire	1932	1982	See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).
Brighthampton	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Standlake.
Brize Norton	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Broadwell	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Broughton Poggs	Oxfordshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 a detached part of the parish of Oxfordshire became part of Gloucestershire, and on 25.3.1886 this same area became part of the parish of Lechlade, so that thereafter Broughton Poggs was again wholly in Oxfordshire. Abolished 1.4.1954 to become part of the parish of Filkins & Broughton Poggs. See also Table 2, note (a).
	Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire	1844	1886
	Oxfordshire	1886	1954
Burford	Oxfordshire	1837	1954	Abolished 1.4.1954 to become part of the parish of Burford & Upton & Signet.
Burford	Oxfordshire	1979	1982	Created 1979 by renaming the parish of Burford & Upton & Signett. See also Table 2, note (f).
Burford & Upton & Signett	Oxfordshire	1954	1979	Created 1.4.1954 from the parishes of Upton & SIgnet and Burford. Abolished 1979 to become the parish of Burford.
Carterton & Black Bourton	Oxfordshire	1971	1982	Created 1.4.1971 out of the parishes of Black Bourton and Brize Norton. See also Table 2, note (f).
Cassington	Oxfordshire	1932	1982	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Chimney	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Aston Bampton.
Clanfield	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Cogges	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Witney, Ducklington, and South Leigh.
Crawley	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Curbridge	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Ducklington	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Eynsham	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Filkins	Oxfordshire	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 to become part of the parish of Broadwell.
Filkins	Oxfordshire	1894	1954	Created 26.3.1894 out of the parish of Broadwell. Abolished 1.4.1954 to become part of the parish of Filkins & Broughton Poggs.
Filkins & Broughton Poggs	Oxfordshire	1954	1982	Created 1.4.1954 from the separate parishes of Filkins and Broughton Poggs. See also Table 2, note (f).
Freeland	Oxfordshire	1948	1982	Created 1.4.1948 out of the parish of Handborough. See also Table 2, note (f).
Fulbrook	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Grafton & Radcot	Oxfordshire	1932	1982	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Hailey	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Hanborough	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Hardwick	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Hardwick with Yelford and Standlake.
Hardwick with Yelford	Oxfordshire	1932	1982	Created 1.4.1932 out of the parishes of Hardwick, Standlake, Telford, and Ducklington. See also Table 2, note (f).
Holwell	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Kelmscot	Oxfordshire	1932	1982	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Kencot	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Langford	Oxfordshire	1932	1982	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Lew	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Little Faringdon	Oxfordshire	1932	1982	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Minster Lovell	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
North Leigh	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Northmoor	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Osney Hill	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of North Leigh.
Ramsden	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Shifford	Oxfordshire	1837	1954	Abolished 1.4.1954 to become part of the parish of Aston Bampton & Shifford
Shilton	Oxfordshire and Berkshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Berkshire part of the parish of Shilton was transferred to Oxfordshire, so that thereafter Shilton was wholly in Oxfordshire. See also Table 2, note (f).
Shilton	Oxfordshire	1844	1982
South Leigh	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Standlake	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Stanton Harcourt	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Swinbrook	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Swinbrook & Widford, Shilton, and Asthall.
Swinbrook & Widford	Oxfordshire	1932	1982	Created 1.4.1932 from the parishes of Swinbrook, Widford, Fulbrook, and Shilton. See also Table 2, note (f).
Taynton	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Unnamed	Oxfordshire	1894	1898	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Witney. Abolished 1.4.1898 to become part of the parish of Witney.
Upton & Signet	Oxfordshire	1837	1954	Abolished 1.4.1954 to become part of the parish of Burford & Upton & Signet.
Westwell	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Widford	Gloucestershire	1837	1844	Transferred from Gloucstershire to Oxfordshire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Swinbrook & Widford and Shilton.
Widford	Oxfordshire	1844	1932
Wilcote	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of North Leigh.
Witney	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	See Table 2, note (f).
Yelford	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Hardwick with Yelford.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Witney Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1886	(a)	Lost the Gloucestershire part of the parish of Broughton Poggs (which became part of the parish of Lechlade on 25.3.1886) to Faringdon registration district.	26 in 1891
1.10.1932	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Asthall (which became part of the parish of Leafield on 1.4.1932) to Chipping Norton registration district.	19 in 1931
	(c)	Gained the parishes of Grafton & Radcot, Kelmscot, Langford, and Little Faringdon, from Faringdon registration district.	574 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parishes of Bladon and Cassington from Woodstock registration district.	788 in 1931
1.4.1954	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Bladon (which until 1.4.1954 formed part of the parish of Hensington Without) from Chipping Norton registration district.
1.4.1982 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the constituent parishes of Alvescot, Asthall, Aston Bampton & Shifford, Bampton, Bladon, Brize Norton, Broadwell, Burford, Carterton & Black Bourton, Cassington, Clanfield, Crawley, Curbridge, Ducklington, Eynsham, Filkins & Broughton Poggs, Freeland, Fulbrook, Grafton & Radcot, Hailey, Hanborough, Hardwick with Yelford, Holwell, Kelmscot, Kencot, Langford, Lew, Little Faringdon, Minster Lovell, North Leigh, Northmoor, Ramsden, Shilton, South Leigh, Standlake, Stanton Harcourt, Swinbrook & Widford, Taynton, Westwell, and Witney, to West Oxfordshire registration district.

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