Holborn Registration District

HOLBORN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : London.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1965 (to become part of St. Pancras registration district).
Sub-districts : Amwell, City Road, Clerkenwell, Finsbury, Goswell Street, Holborn, Holborn & Clerkenwell, North Clerkenwell, Old Street, Pentonville, Saffron Hill, St. Andrew & St. George the Martyr, St. Andrew Eastern, St. Andrew Holborn, St. George the Martyr, St. Giles & Bloomsbury, St. James Clerkenwell, St. Luke, South Clerkenwell, Whitecross Street.
GRO volumes : II (1837-51), 1b (1852-1946), 5C (1946-65).

Table 1: List of Places in Holborn Registration District

All the areas in Holborn registration district became part of the county of London on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Charterhouse	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1915 to become part of the parish of Finsbury.
Charterhouse	London	1889	1915
Clerkenwell	Middlesex	1869	1889	Abolished 1.4.1915 to become part of the parish of Finsbury. See also Table 2, notes (b), (d), (e), (f), (h) and (i).
Clerkenwell	London	1889	1915
Finsbury	London	1915	1930	Created 1.4.1915 from the parishes of Clerkenwell, St. Luke, St. Sepulchre, Glasshouse Yard, and Charterhouse. See also Table 2, note (n).
Furnivals Inn	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 31.3.1930 to become part of the parish of Holborn.
Furnivals Inn	London	1889	1930
Glasshouse Yard	London	1902	1915	Abolished 1.4.1915 to become part of the parish of Finsbury. See also Table 2, note (m).
Grays Inn	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 31.3.1932 to become part of the parish of Holborn.
Grays Inn	London	1889	1932
Holborn	London	1930	1965	Created 31.3.1930 from the parishes of St. Giles in the Fields & St. George Bloomsbury, St. Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St. George the Martyr, LIberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Gardens, Ely Rents & Ely Place, Staple Inn, and Furnivals Inn. Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Camden. See also Table 2, notes (o) and (p).
Lincolns Inn	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 31.3.1932 to become part of the parish of Holborn. See also Table 2, notes (l) and (l).
Lincolns Inn	London	1889	1932
LIberty of Saffron Hill, Hatton Gardens, Ely Rents & Ely Place	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 31.3.1930 to become part of the parish of Holborn.
	London	1889	1930
St. Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St. George the Martyr	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 31.3.1930 to become part of the parish of Holborn. See also Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
	London	1889	1930
St. Luke	Middlesex	1869	1889	Abolished 1.4.1915 to become part of the parish of Finsbury. See also Table 2, notes (c), (e), (f), (j) and (k).
St. Luke	London	1889	1915
St. Sepulchre	Middlesex	1845	1889	Abolished 1.4.1915 to become part of the parish of Finsbury. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
St. Sepulchre	London	1889	1915
Staple Inn	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 31.3.1930 to become part of the parish of Holborn.
Staple Inn	London	1889	1930

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Holborn Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
20.6.1845	(a)	Gained the parish of St. Sepulchre from West London registration district.	4801 in 1841
2.8.1869	(b)	Gained the parish of Clerkenwell from Clerkenwell registration district.	65681 in 1861
2.8.1869	(c)	Gained the parish of St. Luke from St. Luke registration district.	57073 in 1861
1.4.1901	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Clerkenwell (which became part of the parish of Hornsey on 1.4.1901) to Edmonton registration district.	1133 in 1901
	(e)	Lost parts of the parishes of Clerkenwell and St. Luke (which became parts of the parish of Islington on 1.4.1901) to Islington registration district.	3211 in 1901
	(f)	Gained parts of the parishes of Clerkenwell and St. Luke (which until 1.4.1901 formed parts of the parish of Islington) from Islington registration district.	3280 in 1901
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of St. Sepulchre (which became part of the parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate on 1.4.1901) to London City registration district.	0 in 1901
	(h)	Lost parts of the parishes of Clerkenwell and St. Andrew Holborn above the Bars with St. George the Martyr (which became parts of the parish of St. Pancras on 1.4.1901) to Pancras registration district.	325 in 1901
	(i)	Gained part of the parishes of Clerkenwell and St. Andrew Holborn above the Bars with St. George the Martyr (which until 1.4.1901 formed parts of the parish of St. Pancras) from Pancras registration district.	927 in 1901
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of St. Luke (which became part of the parish of Shoreditch on 1.4.1901) to Shoreditch registration district.	1476 in 1901
	(k)	Gained part of the parish of St. Luke (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Shoreditch) from Shoreditch registration district.	82 in 1901
	(l)	Gained parts of the parish of Lincolns Inn (which until 1.4.1901 formed parts of the parish of Liberty of the Rolls and St. Clement Danes) from Strand registration district.	14 in 1901
1.1.1902	(m)	Gained the parish of Glasshouse Yard from London City registration district.	741 in 1901
1.4.1930	(n)	Lost the parish of Finsbury to Finsbury registration district.	75995 in 1921
1.4.1930	(o)	Gained part of the parish of Holborn (which until 31.3.1930 formed the parish of St. Giles in the Fields & St. George Bloomsbury) from St. Giles registration district.	22830 in 1921
1.4.1965 (abolished)	(p)	Lost the parish of Holborn (which became part of the London borough of Camden on 1.4.1965) to St. Pancras registration district.	22008 in 1961

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