Registration Districts in Gloucestershire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Gloucestershire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

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

the ancient county of Gloucester (1837–89), including the counties of the towns of Bristol and Gloucester.
the administrative county of Gloucester (1889–1974), with the county boroughs of Bristol and Gloucester.
the non-metropolitan county of Gloucester (from 1974).

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
Banbury	Oxfordshire	1837	1844	Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844.
Barton Regis	Gloucestershire	1877	1905	Created 1.4.1877 by renaming Clifton registration district. Abolished 1.1.1905 and divided between Bristol, Thornbury and Chipping Sodbury registration districts.
Bedminster	Gloucestershire	1837	1898	Renamed 1.4.1899 to become Long Ashton registration district.
Bristol	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974.
Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	1837	2006	Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district.
Chepstow	Monmouthshire	1837	1937	Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1937.
Chipping Norton	Oxfordshire	1837	1844	Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844.
Chipping Sodbury	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Kingswood, Sodbury, Cirencester and Thornbury registration districts.
Cirencester	Gloucestershire	1837	2006	Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district.
Clifton	Gloucestershire	1837	1877	Renamed 1.4.1877 to become Barton Regis registration district.
Dursley	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Stroud and Thornbury registration districts.
Evesham	Worcestershire	1837	1931	Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1931.
Faringdon	Berkshire	1837	1937	Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1937.
Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	Created 1.4.1937 out of Westbury on Severn, Monmouth and Chepstow registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district.
Gloucester	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Gloucester City, Gloucester Rural and Cheltenham registration districts.
Gloucester	Gloucestershire	1974	2006	Created 1.4.1974 out of Gloucester City and Gloucester Rural registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district.
Gloucester City	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	Created 1.4.1937 out of Gloucester registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Gloucester registration district.
Gloucester Rural	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	Created 1.4.1937 out of Gloucester, Newent, Wheatenhurst, Westbury on Severn, Tewkesbury and Stroud registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Gloucester, Stroud and Forest of Dean registration districts.
Gloucestershire	Gloucestershire	2006		Created 1.4.2006 from Cheltenham, Cirencester, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, North Cotswold and Stroud registration districts.
Keynsham	Somerset	1837	1936	Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1936.
Kingswood	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	Created 1.4.1937 out of Chipping Sodbury registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Bristol registration district.
Malmesbury	Wiltshire	1837	1844	Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844.
Monmouth	Monmouthshire	1837	1937	Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1937.
Newent	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Gloucester Rural registration district.
North Cotswold	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	Created 1.4.1937 out of Stow on the Wold, Winchcomb and Shipston-on-Stour registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district.
Northleach	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Cirencester and Cheltenham registration districts.
Ross	Herefordshire	1837	1935	Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.10.1935.
Shipston-on-Stour	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1932.
Sodbury	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	Created 1.4.1937 out of Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury and Bristol registration districts. Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974.
South Gloucestershire	Gloucestershire	1996		Created 1.4.1996 out of Sodbury, Bristol and Bath registration districts.
Stow on the Wold	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between North Cotswold and Cirencester registration districts.
Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	1837	1931	Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1931.
Stroud	Gloucestershire	1837	2006	Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district.
Tetbury	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Cirencester registration district.
Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Cheltenham and Gloucester Rural registration districts.
Thornbury	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974.
Westbury on Severn	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Forest of Dean and Gloucester Rural registration districts.
Wheatenhurst	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Gloucester Rural registration district.
Winchcomb	Gloucestershire	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Cheltenham and North Cotswold registration districts.
Witney	Oxfordshire	1837	1844	Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844.

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