Registration Districts in Hampshire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN HAMPSHIRE

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

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

the ancient county of Hants (1837–89), including the county of the town of Southampton.
the administrative counties of Southampton (1889–1959) and Hampshire (1959–74), with the county boroughs of Bournemouth (1900–74), Portsmouth (1889–1974 and Southampton (1889–1974).
the non-metropolitan county of Hampshire (from 1974), including the unitary authority of Portsmouth (from 1997)
the administrative county of the Isle of Wight (1890–1974), the non-metropolitan county of the Isle of Wight (1974–95) and the unitary authority of the Isle of Wight (from 1995).

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
Aldershot	Hampshire	1932	1974	Created 1.10.1932 out of Hartley Wintney, Farnham, Basingstoke and Alton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to North East Hampshire registration district.
Alresford	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Winchester, Alton, Basingstoke and Droxford registration districts.
Alton	Hampshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
Alverstoke	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to Gosport registration district.
Andover	Hampshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
Basingstoke	Hampshire	1837	2000	Abolished 1.1.2001 and added to Hampshire North registration district.
Bournemouth	Hampshire	1932	1974	Created 1.10.1932 out of Bournemouth & Christchurch and Poole registration districts. Transfererd to Dorset on 1.4.1974.
Bournemouth & Christchurch	Hampshire	1925	1932	Created 1.7.1925 by renaming Christchurch registration district. Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Bournemouth and Christchurch registration districts.
Bradfield	Berkshire	1837	1879	Partly in Hampshire until 1.11.1879.
Catherington	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to Gosport, Petersfield and Droxford registration districts.
Christchurch	Hampshire	1837	1925	Renamed 1.7.1925 to become Bournemouth & Christchurch registration district.
Christchurch	Hampshire	1932	1974	Created 1.10.1932 out of Bournemouth & Christchurch, Fordingbridge and Ringwood registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Bournemouth, Ringwood & Fordingbridge and Poole registration districts.
Droxford	Hampshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
Eastleigh	Hampshire	1927	1932	Created 1.4.1927 out of South Stoneham and Winchester registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Winchester and Romsey & Stockbridge registration districts.
Fareham	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Gosport, Droxford and Portsmouth registration districts.
Farnborough	Hampshire	1846	1869	Created 28.5.1846 out of Farnham registration district. Abolished 1.7.1869 and divided between Hartley Wintney, Farnham, Alton, Petersfield and Guildford registration districts.
Farnham	Surrey	1837	1932	Partly in Hampshire until 1.10.1932.
Fordingbridge	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to Christchurch registration district.
Gosport	Hampshire	1932	1974	Created 1.10.1932 out of Alverstoke, Fareham, Havant and Catherington registration districts. Renamed 1.4.1974 to become South East Hampshire registration district.
Hampshire	Hampshire	2008		Created 1.4.2008 from Alton andover, Droxford, Hampshire North, New Forest, North East Hampshire, Petersfield, Romsey, South East Hampshire and Winchester registration districts.
Hampshire North	Hampshire	2001	2008	Created 1.1.2001 from Basingstoke and Kingsclere & Whitchurch registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
Hartley Wintney	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Aldershot and Basingstoke registration districts.
Havant	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Gosport, Portsmouth, Petersfield and Droxford registration districts.
Hursley	Hampshire	1837	1838	Abolished 27.1.1838 and added to Winchester registration district.
Hungerford	Berkshire	1837	1895	Partly in Hampshire until 30.9.1895.
Isle of Wight	Hampshire	1837	1932
Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight	1932
Kingsclere	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Kingsclere & Whitchurch and Basingstoke registration districts.
Kingsclere & Whitchurch	Hampshire	1932	2000	Created 1.10.1932 out of Kingsclere, Whitchurch, Basingstoke and Andover registration districts. Abolished 1.1.2001 and added to Hampshire North registration district.
Lymington	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to New Forest registration district.
Midhurst	Sussex	1837	1844	Partly in Hampshire until 20.10.1844.
Newbury	Berkshire	1837	1895	Partly in Hampshire until 1.7.1895.
New Forest	Hampshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
North East Hampshire	Hampshire	1974	2008	Created 1.4.1974 out of Aldershot registration district. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
Petersfield	Hampshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
Portsea Island	Hampshire	1837	1900	Renamed 1.7.1900 to become Portsmouth registration district.
Portsmouth	Hampshire	1900		Created 1.7.1900 by renaming Portsea Island registration district.
Ringwood	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to Christchurch registration district.
Ringwood & Fordingbridge	Hampshire	1974	1999	Created 1.4.1974 out of Christchurch registration district. Abolished 1.5.1999 and added to New Forest registration district.
Romsey	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to Romsey & Stockbridge registration district.
Romsey	Hampshire	1974	2008	Created 1.4.1974 out of Romsey & Stockbridge registration district. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
Romsey & Stockbridge	Hampshire	1932	1974	Created 1.10.1932 out of Romsey, Stockbridge, Eastleigh and Winchester registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Romsey and Andover registration districts.
Southampton	Hampshire	1837
South East Hampshire	Hampshire	1974	2008	Created 1.4.1974 by renaming Gosport registration district. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.
South Stoneham	Hampshire	1837	1927	Abolished 1.4.1927 and added to Eastleigh registration district.
Stockbridge	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to Romsey & Stockbridge registration district.
Whitchurch	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Kingsclere & Whitchurch and Basingstoke registration districts.
Winchester	Hampshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hampshire registration district.

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