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WEYMOUTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1: List of Places in Weymouth Registration District

Civil Parish
(*or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Abbotsbury

Dorset

1837

1997

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

Alton Pancras

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Athelhampton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Bincombe

Dorset

1837

1997

See Table 2, note (f).

Bradford Peverell

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Broadmayne

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Broadway

Dorset

1837

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Weymouth and Bincombe.

Buckland Newton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Buckland Ripers

Dorset

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and added to the parish of Radipole.

Burleston

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Cattistock

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Cerne Abbas

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Charminster

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Cheselbourne

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Chickerell

Dorset

1837

1997

See Table 2, note (f).

Chilfrome

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Compton Valence

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Crossways

Dorset

1983

1997

Created 1.11.1983 out of the parishes of Owermoigne, Warmwell, Watercombe, West Knighton and Woodsford. See also Table 2, note (f).

Dewlish

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Dorchester

Dorset

1949

1997

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

East Radipole

Dorset

1894

1895

Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Radipole. Abolished 9.11.1895 and divided between the parishes of Melcombe Regis and Radipole.

Fleet

Dorset

1837

1997

See Table 2, note (f).

Frampton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Frome St. Quintin

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Frome Vauchurch

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Godmanston

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Kingston Russell

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Langton Herring

Dorset

1837

1997

See Table 2, note (f).

Littlebredy

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Long Bredy

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Maiden Newton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Melcombe Horsey

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Melcombe Regis

Dorset

1837

1920

Abolished 1.4.1920 and added to the parish of Weymouth.

Minterne Magna

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Nether Cerne

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Osmington

Dorset

1837

1997

See Table 2, note (f).

Owermoigne

Dorset

1837

1997

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

Piddlehinton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Piddletrenthide

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Portesham

Dorset

1837

1997

See Table 2, note (f).

Portland

Dorset

1837

1997

See Table 2, note (f).

Poxwell

Dorset

1837

1997

See Table 2, note (f).

Preston

Dorset

1837

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Weymouth, Bincombe and Poxwell.

Puddletown

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Puncknowle

Dorset

1894

1895

That part which until 30.9.1894 formed part of the parish of Abbotsbury. See also Table 2, note (c).

Radipole

Dorset

1837

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Weymouth and Chickerell.

Stinsford

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Stratton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Sydling St. Nicholas

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Tincleton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Toller Fratrum

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Toller Porcorum

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Tolpuddle

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Up Cerne

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Upwey

Dorset

1837

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Weymouth, Bincombe and Chickerell.

Warmwell

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Watercombe

Dorset

1837

1862

See Table 2, note (a).

Watercombe

Dorset

1949

1983

Abolished 1.11.1983 and divided between the parishes of Crossways and Owermoigne. See also Table 2, note (e).

West Compton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

West Knighton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

West Stafford

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Weymouth

Dorset

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the Weymouth & Portland unparished area.

Weymouth*

Dorset

1974

1997

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Weymouth. See also Table 2, note (f).

Whitcombe

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Winterborne Came

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Winterborne Herringston

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Winterborne Monkton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Winterborne St. Martin

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Winterbourne Abbas

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Winterbourne Steepleton

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Woodsford

Dorset

1949

1997

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

Wyke Regis

Dorset

1837

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Weymouh and Chickerell.

Wynford Eagle

Dorset

1949

1997

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


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Weymouth Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

17.3.1862

(a)

Lost the parish of Watercombe to Dorchester registration district.

37 in 1861

25.3.1882

(b)

Gained part of the parish of Owermoigne (which until 25.3.1882 formed a detached part of the parish of Milton Abbas), from Blandford registration district.

67 in 1881

1.2.1895

(c)

Lost the part in the parish of Puncknowle (which until 30.9.1894 formed part of the parish of Abbotsbury) to Bridport registration district.

39 in 1891

1.4.1937

(d)

Gained part of the parish of Abbotsbury (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Puncknowle) from Bridport registration district.

10 in 1931

1.7.1949

(e)

Gained the parishes of Alton Pancras, Athelhampton, Bradford Peverell, Broadmayne, Buckland Newton, Burleston, Cattistock, Cerne Abbas, Charminster, Cheselbourne, Chilfrome, Compton Valence, Dewlish, Dorchester, Frampton, Frome St. Quintin, Frome Vauchurch, Godmanstone, Kingston Russell, Littlebredy, Long Bredy, Maiden Newton, Melcombe Horsey, Minterne Magna, Nether Cerne, Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide, Puddletown, Stinsford, Stratton, Sydling St. Nicholas, Tincleton, Toller Fratrum, Toller Porcorum, Tolpuddle, Up Cerne, Warmwell, Watercombe, West Compton, West Knighton, West Stafford, Whitcombe, Winterborne Came, Winterborne Herringston, Winterborne Monkton, Winterborne St. Martin, Winterbourne Abbas, Winterbourne Steepleton, Woodsford and Wynford Eagle, from Dorchester registration district.

26021 in 1931

1.4.1997 (abolished)

(f)

Lost the Weymouth & Portland unparished area and the parishes of Abbotsbury, Alton Pancras, Athelhampton, Bincombe, Bradford Peverell, Broadmayne, Buckland Newton, Burleston, Cattistock, Cerne Abbas, Charminster, Cheselbourne, Chickerell, Chilfrome, Compton Valence, Crossways, Dewlish, Dorchester, Fleet, Frampton, Frome St. Quintin, Frome Vauchurch, Godmanstone, Kingston Russell, Langton Herring, Littlebredy, Long Bredy, Maiden Newton, Melcombe Horsey, Minterne Magna, Nether Cerne, Osmington, Owermoigne, Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide, Portesham, Portland, Poxwell, Puddletown, Stinsford, Stratton, Sydling St. Nicholas, Tincleton, Toller Fratrum, Toller Porcorum, Tolpuddle, Up Cerne, Warmwell, West Compton, West Knighton, West Stafford, Whitcombe, Winterborne Came, Winterborne Herringston, Winterborne Monkton, Winterborne St. Martin, Winterbourne Steepleton, Winterbourne Abbas, Woodsford and Wynford Eagle, to South Dorset registration district.

58311 in 2001



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