Registration Districts in Essex

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN ESSEX

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 1921.

For the purposes of these pages, "Essex " refers to:

the ancient county of Essex (1837–89)
the administrative county of Essex (1889–1974), with the county boroughs of East Ham (1915–65), Southend-on-Sea (from 1914) and West Ham (until 1965).
the non-metropolitan county of Essex (from 1974), with the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock (from 1998).

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 and added to Brentwood registration district.
Billericay	Essex	1837	1939	Abolished 1.7.1939 and divided between Brentwood and Chelmsford registration districts.
Bishop's Stortford	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	Partly in Essex until 1.10.1939.
Braintree	Essex	1837	2010	Abolished 1.2.2010 and added to Essex registration district.
Brentwood	Essex	1939	2010	Created 1.7.1939 out of Billericay, Romford, Orsett and Chelmsford registration districts. Abolished 1.2.2010 and added to Essex registration district.
Castle Point & Rochford	Essex	1998	2010	Created 1.4.1998 out of Southend-on-Sea registration district. Abolished 1.2.2010 and added to Essex registration district.
Chelmsford	Essex	1837	2010	Abolished 1.2.2010 and added to Essex registration district.
Colchester	Essex	1837	2010	Abolished 1.2.2010 and added to Essex registration district.
Dunmow	Essex	1837	1967	Abolished 1.1.1968 and added to Chelmsford registration district.
East Ham	Essex	1935	1965	Created 1.10.1935 out of West Ham registration district. Transferred to Greater London on 1.4.1965.
Edmonton	Middlesex	1837	1939	Partly in Essex until 1.7.1939.
Epping	Essex	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between 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 and added to 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 and divided between Waltham Forest and Redbridge registration districts.
Halstead	Essex	1837	1972	Abolished 1.11.1972 and added to Braintree registration district.
Harlow	Essex	1974	2010	Created 1.4.1974 out of Epping registration district. Abolished 1.2.2010 and added to Essex registration district.
Harwich	Essex	1939	1957	Created 1.7.1939 out of Tendring registration district. Abolished 1.10.1957 and added to Colchester registration district.
Ilford	Essex	1939	1965	Created 1.7.1939 out of Romford registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 and divided between Barking, East Ham and Redbridge registration districts.
Lexden	Essex	1837	1939	Abolished 1.7.1939 and divided between Colchester and Braintree registration districts.
Linton	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	Partly in Essex until 1.4.1935.
Maldon	Essex	1837	1972	Abolished 1.11.1972 and added to Chelmsford registration district.
Maldon	Essex	1974	1974	Created 1.4.1974 out of Chelmsford registration district. Abolished 1.7.1974 and added to Chelmsford registration district.
Ongar	Essex	1837	1939	Abolished 1.7.1939 and added to Epping registration district.
Orsett	Essex	1837	1939	Abolished 1.7.1939 and divided between 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 and added to Southend-on-Sea registration district.
Romford	Essex	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and divided between 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 and added to 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 and divided between 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 and added to Essex registration district.
West Ham	Essex	1837	1965	Transferred to Greater London on 1.4.1965.
Witham	Essex	1837	1880	Abolished 1.7.1880 and divided between Braintree, Lexden and Maldon registration districts.

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