List of Districts |
Table 1: List of Places in Watford Registration District
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Abbots Langley |
1837 |
2008 |
See Table 2, notes (f), (g), (h), (j) and (n). |
|
Aldenham |
1837 |
2008 |
See Table 2, notes (e), (h), (i) and (n). |
|
Bushey |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Bushey Urban and Bushey Rural. |
|
Bushey |
1906 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1906 by renaming the parish of Bushey Rural. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Hertsmere unparished area. |
|
Bushey Rural |
1894 |
1906 |
Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Bushey. Renamed 1.4.1906 to become the parish of Bushey. |
|
Bushey Urban |
1894 |
1906 |
Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Bushey in Watford Urban District. Renamed 1.4.1906 to become the parish of Oxhey. |
|
Chalfont St. Peter |
1907 |
1908 |
That part which until 1.4.1907 formed part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural. See also Table 2, note (a). |
|
Chorleywood |
1898 |
2008 |
Created 15.4.1898 out of the parish of Rickmansworth. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (n). |
|
Croxley Green |
1986 |
2008 |
Created 1.4.1986 out of the Three Rivers unparished area and part of the parish of Sarratt. See also Table 2, note (n). |
|
Denham |
1907 |
1908 |
That part which until 1.4.1907 formed part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural. See also Table 2, note (c). |
|
Elstree |
1935 |
1939 |
That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Aldenham. See also Table 2, note (e). |
|
Elstree & Borehamwood |
1996 |
2008 |
See Table 2, notes (m) and (n). |
|
Gerrards Cross |
1907 |
1908 |
That part which until 1.4.1907 formed part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural. See also Table 2, note (c). |
|
Hemel Hempstead |
1935 |
1939 |
That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Abbots Langley. See also Table 2, note (e). |
|
Hertsmere* |
1974 |
2008 |
That part of the unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Bushey. See also Table 2, notes (l), (k) and (n). |
|
King's Langley |
1935 |
1939 |
That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Abbots Langley. See also Table 2, note (e). |
|
Oxhey |
1906 |
1935 |
Created 1.4.1906 by renaming the parish of Bushey Urban. Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Watford. |
|
Potters Bar |
1996 |
2008 |
Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the urban district of Potters Bar and the parish of South Mimms. See also Table 2, notes (m) and (n). |
|
Rickmansworth |
1837 |
1898 |
Abolished 15.4.1898 and divided between the parishes of Rickmansworth Urban, Rickmansworth Rural and Chorleywood. |
|
Rickmansworth Rural |
1898 |
1935 |
Created 15.4.1898 out of the parish of Rickmansworth. Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between the parishes of Rickmansworth Urban and Sarratt. See also Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (d). |
|
Rickmansworth Urban |
1898 |
1974 |
Created 15.4.1898 from the part of the parish of Rickmansworth in Rickmansworth Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the Three Rivers unparished area. |
|
Ridge |
1996 |
2008 |
See Table 2, notes (m) and (n). |
|
Sarratt |
1837 |
2008 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Shenley |
1996 |
2008 |
See Table 2, notes (m) and (n). |
|
Three Rivers* |
1974 |
2008 |
Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Rickmansworth. See also Table 2, note (n). |
|
Watford |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Watford Urban and Watford Rural. |
|
Watford |
1935 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Watford Urban, Oxhey, Watford Rural and Abbots Langley. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. |
|
Watford* |
1974 |
2008 |
Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Watford. See also Table 2, note (n). |
|
Watford Rural |
1894 |
2008 |
Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Watford. See also Table 2, note (n). |
|
Watford Urban |
1894 |
1935 |
Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Watford in Watford Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Watford. |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Watford Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
1.2.1908 |
(a) |
Lost the part in the parish of Chalfont St. Peter (which until 1.4.1907 formed part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural) to Amersham registration district. |
0 in 1901 |
(b) |
Gained parts of the parish of Chorleywood (which until 1.4.1907 formed parts of the parishes of Chalfont St. Peter and Chenies) from Amersham registration district. |
0 in 1901 |
|
(c) |
Lost the parts in the parishes of Denham and Gerrards Cross (which until 1.4.1907 formed parts of the parishes of Rickmansworth Rural) to Eton registration district. |
0 in 1901 |
|
(d) |
Gained part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural (which until 1.4.1907 formed part of the parish of Denham) from Eton registration district. |
0 in 1901 |
|
1.10.1939 |
(e) |
Lost the part in the parish of Elstree (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Aldenham) to Barnet registration district. |
400 in 1931 |
(f) |
Lost the parts in the parishes of Hemel Hempstead and King's Langley (which until 1.4.1935 formed parts of the parish of Abbots Langley) to Hemel Hempstead registration district. |
209 in 1931 |
|
(g) |
Gained part of the parish of Abbots Langley (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of King's Langley) from Hemel Hempstead registration district. |
12 in 1931 |
|
(h) |
Gained parts of the parishes of Abbots Langley and Aldenham (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of St. Stephen) from St. Albans registration district. |
298 in 1931 |
|
1.4.1968 |
(i) |
Lost part of the parish of Aldenham (which was added to the parish of Elstree on 1.4.1968) to Elstree & Potters Bar registration district. |
5425 in 1961 |
1.4.1974 |
(j) |
Lost part of the parish of Abbots Langley (which became the parish of Nash Mills on 1.4.1974) to Dacorum registration district. |
2512 in 1971 |
1.4.1993 |
(k) |
Lost part of the Hertsmere unparished area (which was added to the London borough of Harrow on 1.4.1993) to Harrow registration district. |
n/a |
(l) |
Gained part of the Hertsmere unparished area (which until 1.4.1993 formed part of the London borough of Harrow) from Harrow registration district. |
n/a |
|
1.3.1996 |
(m) |
Gained the remaining part of the Hertsmere unparished area and the parishes of Elstree & Borehamwood, Ridge and Shenley, from Elstree & Potters Bar registration district. |
n/a |
1.4.2008 (abolished) |
(n) |
Lost the Hertsmere, Three Rivers and Watford unparished areas and the parishes of Abbots Langley, Aldenham, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Elstree & Borehamwood, Ridge, Sarratt, Shenley and Watford Rural, to Hertfordshire registration district. |
225054 in 2001 |
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