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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Essex since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.
For the purposes of these pages, "Essex " refers to:
Click on a district name in the table below to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.
Registration District |
Registration County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Basildon | Essex |
1974 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Brentwood and Thurrock registration districts. Abolished 1.7.1974 (to become part of Brentwood registration district. |
Billericay | Essex |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.7.1939 to become part of Brentwood and Chelmsford registration districts. |
Bishops Stortford | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1939 |
Partly in Essex until 1.10.1939. |
Braintree | Essex |
1837 |
2010 |
Abolished 1.2.2010 to become part of Essex registration district. |
Brentwood | Essex |
1939 |
2010 |
Created 1.7.1939 out of Billericay, Romford, Orsett, and Chelmsford registration districts. Abolished 1.2.2010 to become part of Essex registration district. |
Castle Point & Rochford | Essex |
1998 |
2010 |
Created 1.4.1998 out of Southend on Sea registration district. Abolished 1.2.2010 to become part of Essex registration district. |
Chelmsford | Essex |
1837 |
2010 |
Abolished 1.2.2010 to become part of Essex registration district. |
Colchester | Essex |
1837 |
2010 |
Abolished 1.2.2010 to become part of Essex registration district. |
Dunmow | Essex |
1837 |
1967 |
Abolished 1.1.1968 to become part of Chelmsford registration district. |
East Ham | Essex |
1935 |
1965 |
Created 1.10.1935 out of West Ham registration district. Transferred to the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965. |
Edmonton | Essex |
1837 |
1965 |
Abolished 1.4.1965 to become parts of Enfield and Haringey registration districts. |
Epping | Essex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Epping Forest, Brentwood, and Harlow registration districts. |
Epping Forest | Essex |
1974 |
2010 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Epping registration district. Abolished 1.2.2010 to become part of Essex registration district. |
Essex | Essex |
2010 |
|
Created 1.2.2010 from Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point & Rochford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, and Uttlesford registration districts. |
Essex South Western | Essex |
1935 |
1965 |
Created 1.10.1935 out of West Ham registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of Waltham Forest and Redbridge registration districts. |
Halstead | Essex |
1837 |
1972 |
Abolished 1.11.1972 to become part of Braintree registration district. |
Harlow | Essex |
1974 |
2010 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Epping registration district. Abolished 1.2.2010 to become part of Essex registration district. |
Harwich | Essex |
1939 |
1957 |
Created 1.7.1939 out of Tendring registration district. Abolished 1.10.1957 to become part of Colchester registration district. |
Ilford | Essex |
1939 |
1965 |
Created 1.7.1939 out of Romford registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of Barking, East Ham and Redbridge registration districts. |
Lexden | Essex |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.7.1939 to become part of Colchester and Braintree registration districts. |
Linton | Cambridgeshire |
1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Essex until 1.4.1935. |
Maldon | Essex |
1837 |
1972 |
Abolished 1.11.1972 to become part of Chelmsford registration district. |
Ongar | Essex |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.7.1939 to become part of Epping registration district. |
Orsett | Essex |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.7.1939 to become part of Thurrock, Brentwood,and Romford registration districts. |
Risbridge | Suffolk |
1837 |
1938 |
Partly in Essex until 1.7.1938. |
Rochford | Essex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Southend on Sea registration district. |
Romford | Essex |
1837 |
1965 |
Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of Havering, Barking, and Redbridge registration districts. |
Royston | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Essex until 30.9.1895 |
Saffron Walden | Essex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Uttlesford registration district. |
Southend on Sea | Essex |
1939 |
|
Created 1.7.1939 out of Rochford registration district. |
Sudbury | Suffolk |
1837 |
1938 |
Partly in Essex until 1.7.1938. |
Tendring | Essex |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.7.1939 to become part of Colchester and Harwich registration districts. |
Thurrock | Essex |
1939 |
|
Created 1.7.1939 out of Orsett and Rochford registration districts. |
Uttlesford | Essex |
1974 |
2010 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Saffron Walden and Chelmsford registration districts. Abolished 1.2.2010 to become part of Essex registration district. |
West Ham | Essex |
1837 |
1965 |
Transferred to the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965. |
Witham | Essex |
1837 |
1880 |
Abolished 1.7.1880 to become part of Braintree, Lexden, and Maldon registration districts. |
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