Swindon Registration District

SWINDON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Wiltshire
Created : 1.5.1899 (by renaming Highworth registration district).
Sub-districts : Cricklade & Highworth; Highworth; Swindon; Swindon Borough; Wroughton.
GRO volumes : 5a (1899–1946); 7C (1946–74); 23 (1974–92).
District number : 241 (1899–1908); 240 (1909–46); 374 (1946–74); 796 (from 1974).

Table 1: List of Places in Swindon Registration District

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Ashton Keynes	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Bishopstone	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Blunsdon	Wiltshire	2017		Created 1.4.2017 out of the parish of Blundson St. Andrew.
Blunsdon St. Andrew	Wiltshire	1899	2017	Abolished 1.4.2017 and divided between the parishes of Blunsdon and St. Andrews. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Braydon	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Broad Town	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Castle Eaton	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Central Swindon North	Wiltshire	2017		Created 1.4.2017 out of the Swindon unparished area.
Central Swindon South	Wiltshire	2017	2023	Created 1.4.2017 out of the Swindon unparished area and the parish of Chiseldon. Renamed 1.1.2024 to become the parish of South Swindon.
Chiseldon	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Clyffe Pypard	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Covingham	Wiltshire	1983		Created 1.4.1983 out of the parishes of Stratton St. Margaret and Wanborough.
Cricklade	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Hannington	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Haydon Wick	Wiltshire	1928		Created 1.10.1928 out of the parish of Rodbourne Cheney.
Highworth	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Inglesham	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Latton	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Leigh	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Liddington	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Little Hinton	Wiltshire	1899	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and added to the parish of Bishopstone. See also Table 2, note (a).
Lydiard Millicent	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Lydiard Tregoze	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Lyneham	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Marston Maisey	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Nythe	Wiltshire	2015	2017	Created 1.4.2015 out of the parish of Stratton St. Margaret. Abolished 1.4.2017 and added to the parish of Nythe, Eldene & Liden.
Nythe, Eldene & Liden	Wiltshire	2017		Created 1.4.2017 out of the Swindon unparished area and the parishes of Nythe and Stratton St. Margaret.
Purton	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Rodbourne Cheney	Wiltshire	1899	1928	Abolished 1.10.1928 and divided between the parishes of Swindon and Haydon Wick.
South Marston	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
South Swindon	Wiltshire	2024		Created 1.1.2024 by renaming the parish of Central Swindon South.
St. Andrews	Wiltshire	2017		Created 1.4.2017 out of the parishes of Blundson St. Andrew and Haydon Wick.
Stanton Fitzwarren	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Stratton St. Margaret	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Swindon	Wiltshire	1899	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Swindon*	Wiltshire	1997	2017	Unparished area created 1.4.1997 by renaming the Thamesdown unparished area. Abolished 1.4.2017 and divided between the parishes of Central Swindon North, Central Swindon South, Haydon Wick; Nythe, Eldene & Liden; West Swindon and Wroughton.
Thamesdown*	Wiltshire	1974	1997	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Swindon. Renamed 1.4.1997 to become the Swindon unparished area.
Tockenham	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Wanborough	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
West Swindon	Wiltshire	2017		Created 1.4.2017 out of the Swindon unparished area.
Wootton Bassett	Wiltshire	1936	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Wroughton	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Swindon Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.5.1899 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Bishopstone, Blunsdon St. Andrew, Castle Eaton, Chiseldon, Hannington, Highworth, Inglesham, Liddington, Little Hinton, Rodbourne Cheney, South Marston, Stanton Fitzwarren, Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, Wanborough and Wroughton, from Highworth registration district.	47310 in 1891
1.10.1928	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Swindon (which until 1.10.1928 formed parts of the parishes of Lydiard Millicent) from Cricklade registration district.	0 in 1921
1.4.1936	(c)	Gained parts of the parishes of Blunsdon St. Andrew and Wroughton (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Cricklade and Lydiard Tregoze) and the parishes of Ashton Keynes, Braydon, Broad Town, Clyffe Pypard, Cricklade, Latton, Leigh, Lydiard Millicent, Lydiard Tregoze, Lyneham, Marston Meysey, Purton, Tockenham and Wootton Bassett,, from Cricklade registration district.	11375 in 1931
1.4.1997	(d)	Lost the parishes of Ashton Keynes, Braydon, Broad Town, Clyffe Pypard, Cricklade, Latton, Leigh, Lydiard Millicent, Lydiard Tregoze, Lyneham, Marston Maisey, Purton, Tockenham and Wootton Bassett, to Chippenham registration district.	n/a

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