Registration Districts in Herefordshire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Herefordshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.

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

the ancient county of Hereford (1837-89)
the administrative county of Hereford (1889-1974)
the unitary authority of Herefordshire (from 1998)

For the period 1974-98 see the county of Hereford & Worcester.

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
Abergavenny	Monmouthshire	1837	1891	Partly in Herefordshire until 1891.
Bromyard	Herefordshire	1837	1974
Bromyard	Herefordshire	1998	2008	Abolished to become part of Herefordshire registration district on 1.4.2008.
Cleobury Mortimer	Shropshire	1837	1844	Partly in Herefordshire until 20.10.1844.
Dore	Herefordshire	1837	1838	Abolished 20.1.1838 to become part of Hereford registration district.
Hay	Brecknockshire	1837	1934	Partly in Herefordshire until 1.10.1934.
Hereford	Herefordshire	1837	1974
Hereford	Herefordshire	1998	2008	Abolished to become part of Herefordshire registration district on 1.4.2008.
Herefordshire	Herefordshire	2008		Created 1.4.2008 from Bromyard, Hereford, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, and Ross registration districts.
Kington	Herefordshire	1837	1839	Abolished 11.1.1839 to become part of Presteigne registration district.
Kington	Radnorshire	1870	1870	Created 1.4.1870 out of Presteigne registration district.
Kington	Herefordshire	1871	1974	Created 1.4.1870 out of Presteigne registration district.
Knighton	Radnorshire	1837	1933	Partly in Herefordshire until 1.4.1933.
Knighton	Herefordshire	1998	2008	Abolished to become part of Herefordshire registration district on 1.4.2008.
Ledbury	Herefordshire	1837	1974
Ledbury	Herefordshire	1998	2008	Abolished to become part of Herefordshire registration district on 1.4.2008.
Leominster	Herefordshire	1837	1974
Leominster	Herefordshire	1998	2008	Abolished to become part of Herefordshire registration district on 1.4.2008.
Ludlow	Shropshire	1837	1933	Partly in Herefordshire until 1.4.1933.
Monmouth	Monmouthshire	1837	1935	Partly in Herefordshire until 1.10.1935.
Newent	Gloucestershire	1837	1895	Partly in Herefordshire until 1.1.1896.
Presteigne	Radnorshire	1837	1877	Abolished 1.7.1877 to become part of Knighton and Kington registration districts.
Ross	Herefordshire	1837	1974
Ross	Herefordshire	1998	2008	Abolished to become part of Herefordshire registration district on 1.4.2008.
Tenbury	Herefordshire	1837	1934	Partly in Herefordshire until 1.7.1934.
Weobley	Herefordshire	1837	1974

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