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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Lincolnshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.
For the purposes of these pages, "Lincolnshire" 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 |
Boston | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Bourne | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.1.1934 to become part of Bourne & South Kesteven registration district. |
Bourne | Lincolnshire |
1974 |
2003 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Bourne & South Kesteven registration district. Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Bourne & South Kesteven | Lincolnshire |
1934 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1934 out of Bourne and Stamford registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Bourne registration district. |
Caistor | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire |
1938 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1938 out of Grimsby registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Grimsby registration district. |
Doncaster | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1886 |
Partly in Lincolnshire until 20.5.1886. |
East Elloe | Lincolnshire |
1936 |
2003 |
Created 1.1.1936 out of Holbeach and Wisbech registration districts. Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Gainsborough | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Glanford Brigg | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
1938 |
Abolished 1.10.1938 to become part of Scunthorpe registration district. |
Goole | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1889 |
Partly in Lincolnshire until 1.10.1938. |
Grantham | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.1.1934 to become part of Grantham & West Kesteven, Melton Mowbray, and Sleaford & East Kesteven registration districts. |
Grantham | Lincolnshire |
1974 |
2003 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Grantham & West Kesteven registration district. Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Grantham & West Kesteven | Lincolnshire |
1934 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1934 out of Grantham, Newark, and Sleaford registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Grantham registration district. |
Grimsby | Lincolnshire |
1897 |
1996 |
Created 1.4.1897 out of Caistor registration district. Abolished 1.4.1996 to become North East Lincolnshire registration district. |
Holbeach | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.1.1936 to become part of East Elloe and Wisbech registration districts. |
Horncastle | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Lincoln | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire |
2003 |
|
Created 1.2.2003 from Boston, Bourne, Caistor, East Elloe, Gainsborough, Grantham, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Sleaford, Spalding, Spilsby, and Stamford registration districts. |
Louth | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Newark | Nottinghamshire |
1837 |
1933 |
Partly in Lincolnshire until 1.1.1934. |
North East Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire |
1996 |
|
Created 1.4.1996 by renaming Grimsby registration district. |
North Kesteven | Lincolnshire |
1934 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1934 out of Lincoln, Newark, and Sleaford registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Lincoln registration district. |
North Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire |
1996 |
|
Created 1.4.1996 renaming of Scunthorpe registration district. |
Peterborough | Northamptonshire |
1837 |
1933 |
Partly in Lincolnshire until 1.1.1934. |
Scunthorpe | Lincolnshire |
1938 |
1974 |
Created 1.10.1938 out of Glanford Brigg, Thorne, Gainsborough, Goole, and Caistor registration districts. After 1974 see Humberside. |
Sleaford | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
1933 |
Abolished 1.1.1934 to become part of Sleaford & East Kesteven, North Kesteven and Grantham & West Kesteven registration districts. |
Sleaford | Lincolnshire |
1974 |
2003 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Sleaford & East Kesteven registration district. Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Sleaford & East Kesteven | Lincolnshire |
1934 |
1974 |
Created 1.1.1934 out of Sleaford and Grantham registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Sleaford registration district. |
Spalding | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Spilsby | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Stamford | Lincolnshire |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.2.2003 to become part of Lincolnshire registration district. |
Thorne | Yorkshire West Riding |
1837 |
1938 |
Partly in Lincolnshire until 1.10.1938. |
Welton | Lincolnshire |
1938 |
1974 |
Created 1.10.1938 out of Lincoln registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Lincoln registration district. |
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