Registration Districts in Cambridgeshire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

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

the ancient county of Cambridge (1837–89)
the administrative counties of Cambridge (1889–1965) and Isle of Ely (1889–1965)
the administrative county of Cambridge & Isle of Ely (1965–74).
the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire (from 1974) and the unitary authority of Peterborough (from 1998).

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
Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.
Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	Created 1.4.1974 by renaming Cambridgeshire registration district. Abolished 1.10.2007 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.
Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of Cambridge, Chesterton, Newmarket, Linton, Royston Caxton, St. Ives and St. Neots registration districts. Renamed 1.4.1974 to become Cambridge registration district.
Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	2007		Created 1.10.2007 from Cambridge, Ely, Fenland and Huntingdon registration districts.
Caxton	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Cambridgeshire and St. Neots registration districts.
Chesterton	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.
Downham	Norfolk	1837	1935	Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.
Ely	Cambridgeshire	1837	2007	Abolished 1.10.2007 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.
Fenland	Cambridgeshire	1980	2007	Created 1.10.1980 out Wisbech, Peterborough and March registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2007 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.
Huntingdon	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	Transferred from Huntingdonshire on 1.4.1974. Abolished 1.10.2007 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.
Linton	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Cambridgeshire and Saffron Walden registration districts.
March	Cambridgeshire	1938	1980	Created 1.4.1938 out of North Witchford and Wisbech registration districts. Abolished 1.7.1980 and added to Fenland registration district.
Newmarket	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.
North Witchford	Cambridgeshire	1837	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to March registration district.
Peterborough	Northamptonshire	1837	1933	Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.1.1934.
Peterborough	Cambridgeshire	1974		Transferred from Huntingdonshire on 1.4.1974.
Risbridge	Suffolk	1837	1889	Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1889.
Royston	Hertfordshire	1837	1935	Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.
St. Ives	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.
St. Neots	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.
Whittlesey	Cambridgeshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Peterborough registration district.
Wisbech	Cambridgeshire	1837	1980	Abolished 1.7.1980 and added to Fenland registration district.

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