Bishops Stortford Registration District

BISHOPS STORTFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hertfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Bishop Stortford").
Abolished : 1.4.2008 (to become part of Hertfordshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Bishops Stortford, Braughing, Sawbridgeworth, Stansted, Stortford.
GRO volumes : VI (1837-51), 3a (1852-1946), 4B (1946-74), 10 (1974-92).

Table 1: List of Places in Bishops Stortford Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Albury	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Anstey	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Ardeley	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Aspenden	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Berden	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Birchanger	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Bishops Stortford	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Braughing	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (c), (d), (e) and (f).
Brent Pelham	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Broadfield	Hertfordshire	1939	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 to become part of the parish of Cottered. See also Table 2, note (c).
Buckland	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Buntingford	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Cottered	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Eastwick	Hertfordshire	1935	1939	That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of High Wych. See also Table 2, note (d).
Elsenham	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Farnham	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Furneux Pelham	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Great Hallingbury	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Henham	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
High Wych	Hertfordshire	1901	2008	Created 1.4.1901 out of the parish of Sawbridgeworth. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Hormead	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Little Hadham	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Little Hallingbury	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Manuden	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Meesden	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Much Hadham	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Sawbridgeworth	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Standon	Hertfordshire	1935	1939	That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Braughing. See also Table 2, note (d).
Stansted Mountfitchet	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Stocking Pelham	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Thorley	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (f).
Throcking	Hertfordshire	1939	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 to become part of the parish of Cottered. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ugley	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Westmill	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Wyddial	Hertfordshire	1939	2008	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bishops Stortford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1939	(a)	Lost the parishes of Great Hallingbury and Little Hallingbury to Dunmow registration district.	1129 in 1931
1.7.1939	(b)	Lost the parishes of Berden, Birchanger, Elsenham, Farnham, Henham, Manuden, Stansted Mountfitchet, and Ugley, to Saffron Walden registration district.	5852 in 1931
1.10.1939	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Braughing (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Westmill), and the parishes of Anstey, Ardeley, Aspenden, Broadfield, Buckland, Cottered, Hormead, Meesden, Throcking, Westmill, and Wyddial, from Royston registration district.	3855 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Eastwick and Standon (which until 1.4.1935 formed parts of the parishes of Braughing and High Wych), to Ware registration district.	145 in 1931
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Braughing (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Standon) from Ware registration district.	0 in 1931
1.4.2008 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the parishes of Albury, Anstey, Ardeley, Aspenden, Bishops Stortford, Braughing, Brent Pelham, Buckland, Buntingford, Cottered, Furneux Pelham, High Wych, Hormead, Little Hadham, Meesden, Much Hadham, Sawbridgeworth, Stocking Pelham, Thorley, Westmill, and Wyddial, to Hertfordshire registration district.

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