List of Districts |
Table 1: List of Places in Wells Registration District
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Ashwick |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Baltonsborough |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (n). |
|
Batcombe |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Binegar |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l), (m) and (n). |
|
Butleigh |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Chewton Mendip |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (j) and (n). |
|
Cranmore |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Croscombe |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Dinder |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Ditcheat |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Doulting |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Downhead |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
East Pennard |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Emborough |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Evercreech |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Glastonbury |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Godney |
1904 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1904 out of the parish of Meare. See also Table 2, note (n). |
|
Green Oare |
1837 |
1885 |
Abolished 25.3.1885 and added to the parish of Chewton Mendip. |
|
Holcombe |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Lamyat |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Lydford |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Meare |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Milton Clevedon |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
North Wootton |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (d), (g), (h), (h) and (n). |
|
Pilton |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Priddy |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Pylle |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Rodney Stoke |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (i), (i) and (n). |
|
Sharpham |
1894 |
1974 |
Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Glastonbury. See also Table 2, note (n). |
|
Shepton Mallet |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
St. Andrew |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Wells. |
|
St. Cuthbert In |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Wells. |
|
St. Cuthbert Out |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (n). |
|
Stoke Lane |
1936 |
1955 |
Renamed 2.2.1955 to become the parish of Stoke St. Michael. See also Table 2, notes (l) and (n). |
|
Stoke St. Michael |
1955 |
1974 |
Created 2.2.1955 by renaming the parish of Stoke Lane. See also Table 2, note (n). |
|
Stratton on the Fosse |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (l), (k), (m) and (n). |
|
Street |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Walton |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Wells |
1933 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1933 out of the parishes of St. Cuthbert In, St. Cuthbert Out and St. Andrew. See also Table 2, note (n). |
|
West Bradley |
1837 |
1879 |
See Table 2, note (a). |
|
West Bradley |
1936 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (l). |
|
West Pennard |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (n). |
|
Westbury |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
|
Wookey |
1837 |
1974 |
See Table 2, note (n). |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wells Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
1.1.1880 |
(a) |
Lost the parish of West Bradley to Shepton Mallet registration district. |
176 in 1871 |
25.3.1883 |
(b) |
Lost a detached part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which was added to the parish of Ston Easton on 25.3.1883) to Clutton registration district. |
0 in 1891 |
(c) |
Gained part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Litton) from Clutton registration district. |
0 in 1891 |
|
(d) |
Gained parts of the parishes of Chewton Mendip and North Wootton (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Emborough and Pilton) from Shepton Mallet registration district. |
0 in 1891 |
|
25.3.1884 |
(e) |
Lost detached parts of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which became parts of the parishes of Compton Martin and Ston Easton on 25.3.1884) to Clutton registration district. |
19 in 1891 |
(f) |
Gained parts of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 25.3.1884 formed detached parts of the parishes of Litton, Paulton and Ston Easton) from Clutton registration district. |
12 in 1891 |
|
(g) |
Lost a detached part of the parish of North Wootton (which was added to the parish of Pilton on 25.3.1884) to Shepton Mallet registration district. |
0 in 1891 |
|
(h) |
Gained parts of the parishes of Baltonsborough, Chewton Mendip, North Wootton, St. Cuthbert Out and West Pennard (which until 25.3.1884 formed detached parts of the parishes of Binegar, Croscombe, Emborough, Pilton and West Bradley) from Shepton Mallet registration district. |
21 in 1891 |
|
25.3.1885 |
(i) |
Gained parts of the parish of Rodney Stoke (which until 25.3.1885 formed detached parts of the parishes of Cheddar and Nyland with Batcomne) from Axbridge registration district. |
307 in 1891 |
(j) |
Gained part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Emborough) from Shepton Mallet registration district. |
18 in 1891 |
|
1.4.1936 |
(k) |
Gained parts of the parish of Stratton on the Fosse (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Chilcompton and Midsomer Norton) from Clutton registration district. |
1078 in 1931 |
(l) |
Gained the parishes of Ashwick, Batcombe, Binegar, Cranmore, Croscombe, Ditcheat, Doulting, Downhead, East Pennard, Emborough, Evercreech, Holcombe, Lamyat, Lydford, Milton Clevedon, Pilton, Pylle, Shepton Mallet, Stoke Lane, Stratton on the Fosse and West Bradley, from Shepton Mallet registration district. |
13191 in 1931 |
|
1.4.1958 |
(m) |
Lost parts of the parishes of Binegar and Stratton on the Fosse (which became parts of the parish of Chilcompton on 1.4.1958) to Norton Radstock registration district. |
659 in 1951 |
1.4.1974 (abolished) |
(n) |
Lost the parishes of Ashwick, Baltonsborough, Batcombe, Binegar, Butleigh, Chewton Mendip, Cranmore, Croscombe, Dinder, Ditcheat, Doulting, Downhead, East Pennard, Emborough, Evercreech, Glastonbury, Godney, Holcombe, Lamyat, Lydford on Fosse, Meare, Milton Clevedon, North Wootton, Pilton, Priddy, Pylle, Rodney Stoke, Sharpham, Shepton Mallet, St. Cuthbert Out, Stoke St. Michael, Stratton on the Fosse, Street, Walton, Wells, West Bradley, West Pennard, Westbury and Wookey, to Mendip registration district. |
50409 in 1971 |
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