Registration Districts in Gwent

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN GWENT

The list below shows the civil registration districts in the county of Gwent since 1974..

For the purposes of these pages "Gwent" refers to:

the county created on 1.4.1974 from part of the county of Monmouthshire.
the preserved county of Gwent created on 1.4.1996 from the principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.

Click on a district name to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.

Registration District	Registration County	From	To	Comments
Blaenau Gwent	Gwent	1974		Created 1.4.1974 out of Bedwellty and Crickhowell registration districts.
Monmouthshire	Gwent	1996		Created 1.4.1996 out of Blaenau Gwent, Newport and Torfaen registration districts.
Newport	Gwent	1974		Transferred from Monmouthshire on 1.4.1974.
Pontypool	Gwent	1974	1996	Abolished 1.4.1996 and divided between Torfaen and Monouthshire registration districts.
Torfaen	Gwent	1996		Created 1.4.1996 out of Pontypool and Newport registration districtd.

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