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HITCHIN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1: List of Places in Hitchin Registration District

Civil Parish
 (*or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Ashwell

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Baldock

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the North Hertfordshire unparished area.

Barkway

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Barley

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Bygrave

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Caldecote

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Clothall

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Codicote

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Graveley

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (p).

Great Wymondley

Hertfordshire

1837

1937

Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Wymondley.

Hexton

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Hinxworth

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and divided into the parishes of Hitchin Urban, Walsworth, Preston and Langley.

Hitchin Urban

Hertfordshire

1894

1974

Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Hitchin in Hitchin Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the North Hertfordshire unparished area.

Holwell

Bedfordshire

1837

1897

Transferred from Bedfordshire to Hertfordshire on 30.9.1897. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (q).

Hertfordshire

1897

1996

Ickleford

Bedfordshire

1837

1844

The part in Bedfordshire was transferred to Hertfordshire on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, notes (b), (h), (i), (l), (m) and (q).

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

Ippollitts

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

Renamed 2.10.199 tSee Table 2, note (q).

Kelshall

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Kimpton

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, notes (g) and (q).

King's Walden

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Knebworth

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (a), (e), (p) and (q).

Langley

Hertfordshire

1894

1996

Created 1894 out of the parish of Hitchin. See also Table 2, note (q).

Letchworth

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the North Hertfordshire unparished area. See also Table 2, note (n).

Lilley

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Little Wymondley

Hertfordshire

1837

1937

Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Wymondley.

Newnham

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

North Hertfordshire*

Hertfordshire

1974

1996

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Baldock, Hitchin Urban and Letchworth. See also Table 2, note (q).

Norton

Hertfordshire

1837

1908

Abolished 1.4.1908 and added to the parish of Letchworth.

Nuthampstead

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Offley

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, notes (c), (d) and (q).

Pirton

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, notes (b) and (q).

Preston

Hertfordshire

1894

1996

Created 1894 out of the parish of Hitchin. See also Table 2, note (q).

Radwell

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Reed

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Royston

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Rushden

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

St. Paul's Walden

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Sandon

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Shephall

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Stevenage unparished area. See also Table 2, note (q).

Stevenage

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (j), (k), (p) and (q). Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Stevenage unparished area.

Stevenage*

Hertfordshire

1974

1975

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Shephall and Stevenage and the parts of the parishes of Aston and Datchworth. See also Table 2, notes (o) and (p).

Therfield

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Wallington

Hertfordshire

1939

1996

See Table 2, notes (f) and (q).

Walsworth

Hertfordshire

1894

1921

Created 1894 out of the parish of Hitchin. Abolished 1.4.1921 and added to the parish of Hitchin Urban.

Weston

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

See Table 2, note (q).

Willian

Hertfordshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Letchworth.

Wymondley

Hertfordshire

1937

1974

Created 1.4.1937 out of the parishes of Great Wymondley, Little Wymondley and Ippollits. See also Table 2, note (p).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Hitchin Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

25.3.1883

(a)

Lost a detached part of the parish of Knebworth (which was added to the parish of Datchworth on 25.3.1883) to Hertford registration district.

17 in 1891

1.10.1897

(b)

Gained parts in the parishes of Holwell, Ickleford and Pirton (which untill 30.9.1897 formed parts of the parish of of Shillington) from Ampthill registration district.

31 in 1891

1.2.1908

(c)

Lost part of the parish of Offley (which was added to the parish of Shillington and the county of Bedfordshire on 1.4.1907) to Ampthill registration district.

0 in 1901

(d)

Gained part of the parish of Offley (which until 1.4.1907 formed part of the parish of Shillington) from Ampthill registration district.

0 in 1901

1.4.1911

(e)

Gained parts of the parish of Knebworth (which until 1.4.1911 formed parts of the parishes of Datchworth and Welwyn) from Hertford registration district.

165 in 1901

1.10.1939

(f)

Gained the parishes of Ashwell, Barkway, Barley, Hinxworth, Kelshall, Nuthampstead, Reed, Royston, Rushden, Sandon, Therfield and Wallington, from Royston registration district.

8099 in 1931

(g)

Lost part of the parish of Kimpton (which was added to the parish of Wheathampstead on 1.4.1935) to St. Albans registration district.

7 in 1931

13.8.1947

(h)

Lost part of the parish of Ickleford (which was added to the parish of Arlesey on 13.8.1947) to Biggleswade registration district.

0 in 1931

(i)

Gained part of the parish of Ickleford (which until 13.8.1947 formed part of the parish of Arlesey) from Hitchin registration district.

0 in 1931

1.4.1953

(j)

Lost parts of the parish of Stevenage (which became parts of the parishes of Aston and Datchworth on 1.4.1953) to Hertford registration district.

47 in 1951

(k)

Gained parts of the parish of Stevenage (which until 1.4.1953 formed parts of the parishes of Aston and Datchworth) from Hertford registration district.

64 in 1951

28.9.1956

(l)

Lost part of the parish of Ickleford (which was added to the parish of Arlesey and the county of Bedfordshire on 28.9.1956) to Biggleswade registration district.

0 in 1951

(m)

Gained part of the parish of Ickleford (which until 28.9.1956 formed part of the parish of Arlesey and the county of Bedfordshire) from Biggleswade registration district.

0 in 1951

1.4.1965

(n)

Gained part of the parish of Letchworth (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Stotfold and the county of Bedfordshire) from Biggleswade registration district.

120 in 1961

1.4.1974

(o)

Gained parts of the Stevenage unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Aston and Datchworth) from Hertford registration district.

260 in 1971

1.4.1975

(p)

Lost the Stevenage unparished area and the parishes of Graveley, Knebworth and Wymondley, to Stevenage registration district.

71697 in 1971

1.3.1996 (abolished)

(q)

Lost the North Hertfordshire unparished area and the parishes of Ashwell, Barkway, Barley, Bygrave, Caldecote, Clothall, Codicote, Hexton, Hinxworth, Holwell, Ickleford, Ippollitts, Kelshall, Kimpton, King's Walden, Langley, Lilley, Newnham, Nuthampstead, Offley, Pirton, Preston, Radwell, Reed, Royston, Rushden, Sandon, St. Paul's Walden, Therfield, Wallington and Weston, to Hitchin & Stevenage registration district.

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