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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 1911.
For the purposes of these pages, "Gloucestershire " 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 |
Banbury | Oxfordshire |
1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844. |
Barton Regis | Gloucestershire |
1877 |
1905 |
Created 1.4.1877 from Clifton registration district. Abolished 1.1.1905 to become part of Bristol, Thornbury, and Chipping Sodbury registration districts. |
Bedminster | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1898 |
Abolished 1.1.1899 to become part of Bristol and Long Ashton registration districts. |
Bristol | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to the county of Avon on 1.4.1974. |
Cheltenham | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
2006 |
Abolished 1.4.2006 to become part of 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 to become part of Kingswood, Sodbury, Cirencester, and Thornbury registration districts. |
Cirencester | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
2006 |
Abolished 1.4.2006 to become part of Gloucestershire registration district. |
Clifton | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1877 |
Abolished 1.4.1877 to become Barton Regis registration district. |
Dursley | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of 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 to become part of Gloucestershire registration district. |
Gloucester | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of 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 to become part of Gloucestershire registration district. |
Gloucester City | Gloucestershire |
1937 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1937 out of Gloucester registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of 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 to become part of 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. |
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Keynsham | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Chipping Sodbury, Bathavon, Bristol, and Chipping Sodbury registration districts. |
Kingswood | Gloucestershire |
1937 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1937 out of Chipping Sodbury registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of 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 to become part of 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 to become part of Gloucestershire registration district. |
Northleach | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of 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 the county of Avon on 1.4.1974. |
South Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire |
1996 |
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Created 1.4.1996 out of Sodbury, Bristol and Bath registration districts. |
Stow on the Wold | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of 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 to become part of Gloucestershire registration district. |
Tetbury | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of Cirencester registration district. |
Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of Cheltenham and Gloucester Rural registration districts. |
Thornbury | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to the county of Avon on 1.4.1974. |
Westbury on Severn | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of Forest of Dean and Gloucester Rural registration districts. |
Wheatenhurst | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of Gloucester Rural registration district. |
Winchcomb | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of Cheltenham and North Cotswold registration districts. |
Witney | Oxfordshire |
1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844. |
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