Registration Districts in Buckinghamshire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Buckinghamshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

For the purposes of these pages, "Buckinghamshire" refers to:

the ancient county of Buckingham (1837–89)
the administrative county of Bucks (1889–1974)
the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire (1974–2020)
the unitary authorities of Milton Keynes (from 1997) and Buckinghamshire (from 2020).

Click on a district name in the table below 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
Amersham	Buckinghamshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Chiltern & Beaconsfield registration district.
Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire	1837	1985	Abolished 1.4.1985 and added to Aylesbury Vale registration district.
Aylesbury Vale	Buckinghamshire	1985	2007	Created 1.4.1985 out of Aylesbury and North Bucks registration districts. Abolished 1.7.2007 and added to Buckinghamshire registration district.
Berkhampstead	Hertfordshire	1837	1928	Partly in Buckinghamshire until 1.10.1928.
Bicester	Oxfordshire	1837	1905	Partly in Buckinghamshire until 1.6.1905.
Brackley	Northamptonshire	1837	1935	Partly in Buckinghamshire until 1.4.1935.
Buckingham	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to North Bucks registration district.
Buckinghamshire	Buckinghamshire	2007		Created 1.7.2007 from Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern Hills registration districts.
Chiltern & Beaconsfield	Buckinghamshire	1974	1988	Created 1.4.1974 out of Amersham and Eton registration districts. Renamed 1.6.1988 to become Chiltern & South Bucks registration district.
Chiltern Hills	Buckinghamshire	1998	2007	Created 1.11.1998 from Chiltern & South Bucks and Wycombe registration districts. Abolished 1.7.2007 and added to Buckinghamshire registration district.
Chiltern & South Bucks	Buckinghamshire	1988	1998	Created 1.6.1988 by renaming Chiltern & Beaconsfield registration district. Abolished 1.11.1998 and added to Chiltern Hills registration district.
Eton	Buckinghamshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Slough, Chiltern & Beaconsfield and Windsor & Maidenhead registration districts.
Headington	Oxfordshire	1837	1844	Partly in Buckinghamshire until 20.10.1844.
Henley	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Partly in Buckinghamshire until 1.10.1932.
Leighton Buzzard	Bedfordshire	1837	1935	Partly in Buckinghamshire until 1.4.1935.
Milton Keynes	Buckinghamshire	1985		Created 1.4.1985 out of North Bucks registration district.
Newport Pagnell	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between North Bucks and Aylesbury registration districts.
North Bucks	Buckinghamshire	1935	1985	Created 1.4.1935 out of Newport Pagnell, Buckingham, Potterspury, Winslow and Brackley registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1985 and added to Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Vale registration districts.
Potterspury	Northamptonshire	1837	1935	Partly in Buckinghamshire until 1.4.1935.
Thame	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Partly in Buckinghamshire until 1.10.1932.
Winslow	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between North Bucks and Aylesbury registration districts.
Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	1837	1998	Abolished 1.11.1998 and added to Chiltern Hills registration district.

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