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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:

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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