Registration Districts in Leicestershire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN LEICESTERSHIRE

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

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

the ancient county of Leicester (1837–89)
the administrative county of Leicester (1889–1974), with the county borough of Leicester.
the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire (from 1974), with the unitary authority of Leicester (from 1997).

Click on a district name 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
Ashby de la Zouch	Leicestershire	1837	1949	Abolished 1.10.1949 and divided between Coalville, Loughborough and Market Bosworth registration districts.
Atherstone	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Partly in Leicestershire until 1.4.1932.
Barrow upon Soar	Leicestershire	1837	1949	Abolished 1.10.1949 and divided between Leicestershire Central, Loughborough and Market Bosworth registration districts.
Billesdon	Leicestershire	1837	1949	Abolished 1.10.1949 and added to Leicestershire Central registration district.
Bingham	Nottinghamshire	1837	1936	Partly in Leicestershire until 1.1.1937.
Blaby	Leicestershire	1837	1949	Abolished 1.10.1949 and added to Leicestershire Central registration district.
Coalville	Leicestershire	1949	1999	Created 1.10.1949 out of Ashby de la Zouch, Loughborough and Market Bosworth registration districts. Abolished 1.1.2000 and added to Leicestershire registration district.
Grantham	Lincolnshire	1837	1933	Partly in Leicestershire until 1.1.1934.
Hinckley	Leicestershire	1837	1999	Abolished 1.1.2000 and added to Leicestershire registration district.
Leicester	Leicestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Leicestershire Central registration district.
Leicester	Leicestershire	1997		Created 1.4.1997 out of Leicestershire Central registration district.
Leicestershire	Leicestershire	2000		Created 1.1.2000 from Coalville, Hinckley, Loughborough, Market Harborough and Melton Mowbray registration districts.
Leicestershire Central	Leicestershire	1949	1997	Created 1.10.1949 out of Blaby, Barrow upon Soar, Billesdon, Loughborough, Lutterworth and Market Bosworth registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1997 and divided between Leicester, Loughborough and Market Harborough registration districts.
Loughborough	Leicestershire	1837	1999	Abolished 1.1.2000 and added to Leicestershire registration district.
Lutterworth	Leicestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Market Harborough and Leicestershire Central registration districts.
Market Bosworth	Leicestershire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Hinckley, Leicestershire Central and Coalville registration districts.
Market Harborough	Leicestershire	1837	1999	Abolished 1.1.2000 and added to Leicestershire registration district.
Melton Mowbray	Leicestershire	1837	1995	Abolished 1.4.1995 and added to Melton & Rutland registration district.
Melton Mowbray	Leicestershire	1997	1999	Created 1.4.1997 out of Melton & Rutland registration district. Abolished 1.1.2000 and added to Leicestershire registration district.
Melton & Rutland	Leicestershire	1995	1997	Created 1.4.1995 from Melton Mowbray and Rutland registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1997 and divided between Melton Mowbray and Rutland registration districts.
Nuneaton	Warwickshire	1837	1851	Partly in Leicestershire until 30.4.1851.
Oakham	Rutland	1837	1933	Partly in Leicestershire until 1.1.1934.
Rugby	Warwickshire	1837	1895	Partly in Leicestershire until 1.6.1895.
Rutland	Leicestershire	1974	1995	Created 1.4.1974 out of Oakham, Uppingham and Ketton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1995 and added to Melton & Rutland registration district.
Rutland	Leicestershire	1997		Created 1.4.1997 out of Melton & Rutland registration district.
Shardlow	Derbyshire	1837	1938	Partly in Leicestershire until 1.4.1938.
Uppingham	Rutland	1837	1933	Partly in Leicestershire until 1.1.1934.

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