Registration Districts in Hertfordshire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN HERTFORDSHIRE

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

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

the ancient county of Hertford (1837–89)
the administrative county of Hertford (1889–1974)
the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire (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
Amersham	Buckinghamshire	1837	1844	Partly in Hertfordshire until 20.10.1844.
Barnet	Hertfordshire	1837	1851	Transferred to the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965.
	Middlesex	1852	1946
	Hertfordshire	1946	1965
Berkhampstead	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	Abolished 1.10.1939 and added to Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead registration districts.
Berkhamsted	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	Created 1.10.1939 renaming of Berkhampstead registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Dacorum registration district.
Biggleswade	Bedfordshire	1837	1844	Partly in Hertfordshire until 20.10.1844.
Bishop's Stortford	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.
Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	1974	2008	Created 1.4.1974 out of Ware registration district. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.
Buntingford	Hertfordshire	1837	1838	Abolished 15.1.1838 and added to Royston registration district.
Dacorum	Hertfordshire	1974	2008	Created 1.4.1974 out of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Watford and St. Albans registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.
Edmonton	Middlesex	1837	1939	Partly in Hertfordshire until 1.10.1939.
Elstree & Potters Bar	Hertfordshire	1965	1996	Created 1.4.1965 out of Barnet and Wood Green registration districts. Abolished 1.3.1996 and added to Watford registration district.
Hatfield	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.
Hemel Hempstead	Hertfordshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Dacorum registration district.
Hertford	Hertfordshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Hertford & Ware and Stevenage registration districts.
Hertford & Ware	Hertfordshire	1974	2008	Created 1.4.1974 out of Hertford and Ware registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.
Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	2008		Created 1.4.2008 from Bishop's Stortford, Broxbourne, Dacorum, Hatfield, Hertford & Ware, Hitchin & Stevenage, St. Albans and Watford registration districts.
Hitchin	Hertfordshire	1837	1996	Abolished 1.3.1996 and added to Hitchin & Stevenage registration district.
Hitchin & Stevenage	Hertfordshire	1996	2008	Created 1.3.1996 from Hitchin and Stevenage registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.
Luton	Bedfordshire	1837	1897	Partly in Hertfordshire until 30.9.1897.
Royston	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	Abolished 1.10.1939 and divided between Hitchin and Bishop's Stortford registration districts.
St. Albans	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.
Stevenage	Hertfordshire	1974	1996	Created 1.4.1974 out of Hitchin and Hertford registration districts. Abolished 1.3.1996 and added to Hitchin & Stevenage registration district.
Ware	Hertfordshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Broxbourne and Hertford & Ware registration districts.
Watford	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.

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