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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 1911.
For the purposes of these pages, "Hertfordshire " 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 |
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 |
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Hertfordshire |
1946 |
1965 |
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Berkhampstead | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.10.1939 to become part of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead registration districts. |
Berkhamsted | Hertfordshire |
1939 |
1974 |
Created 1.10.1939 renaming of Berkhampstead registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Dacorum registration district. |
Biggleswade | Bedfordshire |
1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Hertfordshire until 20.10.1844. |
Bishops Stortford | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Hertfordshire registration district. |
Broxbourne | Hertfordshire |
1974 |
2008 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Ware registration district. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Hertfordshire registration district. |
Buntingford | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1838 |
Abolished 15.1.1838 to become part of 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 to become part of 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 to become part of Watford registration district. |
Hatfield | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Hertfordshire registration district. |
Hemel Hempstead | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Dacorum registration district. |
Hertford | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of 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 to become part of Hertfordshire registration district. |
Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire |
2008 |
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Created 1.4.2008 from Bishops Stortford, Broxbourne, Dacorum, Hatfield, Hertford & Ware, Hitchin & Stevenage, St. Albans, and Watford registration districts. |
Hitchin | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1996 |
Abolished 1.3.1996 to become part of Hitchin & Stevenage registration district. |
Hitchin & Stevenage | Hertfordshire |
1996 |
2008 |
Created 1.3.1996 from Hitchin and Stevenage registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Hertfordshire registration district. |
Luton | Bedfordshire |
1837 |
1897 |
Partly in Hertfordshire until 30.9.1897. |
Royston | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1939 |
Abolished 1.10.1939 to become part of Hitchin and Bishops Stortford registration districts. |
St. Albans | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Hertfordshire registration district. |
Stevenage | Hertfordshire |
1974 |
1996 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Hitchin and Hertford registration districts. Abolished 1.3.1996 to become part of Hitchin & Stevenage registration district. |
Ware | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Broxbourne and Hertford & Ware registration districts. |
Watford | Hertfordshire |
1837 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Hertfordshire registration district. |
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