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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 1911.
For the purposes of these pages, "Cambridgeshire" refers to:
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 to become part of Cambridgeshire registration district. |
Cambridge | Cambridgeshire |
1974 |
2007 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Cambridgeshire registration district. Abolished 1.10.2007 to become part of 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. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Cambridge registration district. |
Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire |
2007 |
|
Created 1.10.2007 out of Cambridge, Ely, Fenland, and Huntingdon registration districts. |
Caxton | Cambridgeshire |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of Cambridgeshire and St. Neots registration districts. |
Chesterton | Cambridgeshire |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of Cambridgeshire registration district. |
Downham | Norfolk |
1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Isle of Ely until 1.4.1935. |
Ely | Cambridgeshire |
1837 |
2007 |
Abolished 1.10.2007 to become part of Cambridgeshire registration district. |
Fenland | Cambridgeshire |
1980 |
2007 |
Created 1.10.1980 out of March and Wisbech registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2007 to become part of Cambridgeshire registration district. |
Huntingdon | Cambridgeshire |
1974 |
2007 |
Transferred from Huntingdonshire on 1.4.1974. Abolished 1.10.2007 to become part of Cambridgeshire registration district. |
Linton | Cambridgeshire |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of 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 to become part of Fenland registration district. |
Newmarket | Cambridgeshire |
1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935. |
North Witchford | Cambridgeshire |
1837 |
1938 |
Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of March registration district. |
Peterborough | Cambridgeshire |
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 to become part of Peterborough registration district. |
Wisbech | Cambridgeshire |
1837 |
1980 |
Abolished 1.7.1980 to become part of Fenland registration district. |
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