Registration Districts in London

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN LONDON

The list below shows the civil registration districts in the county of London. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1891 to 1911.

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

the City of London (1837-1965).
the administrative county of London (1889-1965), which was formed on 1.4.1889 from the City of London, and parts of the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, and which was co-terminus with the registration county of London as defined in the Registrar-Generals reports from 1837 onwards.

The county of London was abolished on 1.4.1965 to become part of the county of Greater London.

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
Battersea	London	1930	1965	Created 1.4.1930 out of Wandsworth registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of Wandsworth registration district.
Bermondsey	London	1934	1965	Created: 1.4.1934 out of St. Olave Bermondsey registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of Southwark registration district.
Bethnal Green	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Bishopsgate	London	1837	1838	Abolished 1.4.1838 to become East London registration district.
Camberwell	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Surrey on 1.4.1889.
Chelsea	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
City of Westminster	London	1933	1965	Created 1.10.1933 out of St. George Hanover Square and St. Martin registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1965 renamed Westminster registration district.
Deptford	London	1930	1965	Created 1.4.1930 out of Greenwich registration district.
East London	London	1838	1869	Created 1.4.1838 by renaming Bishopsgate registration district. Abolished 1.1.1870 to become part of London City registration district.
Farringdon	London	1837	1838	Abolished 1.4.1838 to become parts of West London and Strand registration districts.
Finsbury	London	1930	1965	Created 1.4.1930 out of Holborn registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of Islington registration district.
Fulham	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Greenwich	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Kent on 1.4.1889.
Hackney	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Hammersmith	London	1915	1965	Created 1.8.1915 out of Fulham registration district.
Hampstead	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Holborn	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Islington	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Kensington	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Lambeth	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Surrey on 1.4.1889.
Lewisham	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Kent on 1.4.1889.
Limehouse	London	1921	1925	Created 1.7.1921 renaming of Stepney registration district. Abolished 1.1.1926 to become part of Stepney registration district.
London City	London	1837	1965
Marylebone	London	1889	1901	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.1.1902 renamed St. Marylebone registration district.
Mile End Old Town	London	1889	1925	Transfarred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.1.1926 to become part of Stepney registration district.
Paddington	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Pancras	London	1889	1901	Transferred from the count of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.1.1902 renamed St. Pancras registration district.
Poplar	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889.
Shoreditch	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of Hackney registration district.
Southwark	London	1901	1965	Created 1.4.1901 out of St. Saviour Southwark, Lambeth, and Camberwell registration districts.
St. George Hanover Square	London	1889	1933	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.10.1933 to become part of City of Westminster registration district
St. George in the East	London	1889	1925	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.1.1926 to become part of Stepney registration district.
St. Giles	London	1889	1930	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.4.1930 to become part of Holborn registration district.
St. Martin	London	1913	1933	Created 1.7.1913 from Strand and Westminster registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1933 to become part of City of Westminster registration district
St. Marylebone	London	1902	1965	Created 1.1.1902 by renaming Marylebone registration district
St. Olave (Bermondsey)	London	1902	1934	Created 1.1.1902 out of St. Olave Southwark registration district. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of Bermondsey registration district.
St. Olave Southwark	London	1889	1901	Transfererd from the county of Surrey on 1.4.1889, Abolished 1.1.1902 to become part of St. Olave Bermondsey registration district.
St. Pancras	London	1902	1965	Created 1.1.1902 by renaming Pancras registration district.
St. Saviour Southwark	London	1889	1901	Transferred from the county of Surrey on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.4.1901 to become part of Southwark, Lambeth, and Camberwell registration districts.
Stepney	London	1889	1921	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.7.1921 renamed Limehouse registration district.
Stepney	London	1926	1965	Created 1.1.1926 from Mile End Old Town, Whitechapel, Limehouse, and St. George in the East registration districts.
Stoke Newington	London	1930	1965	Created 1.4.1930 out of Hackney registration district.
Strand	London	1837	1913	Abolished 1.7.1913 to become part of St. Martin registration district.
Wandsworth	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Surrey on 1.4.1889.
West London	London	1838	1869	Created 1.4.1838 out of Farringdon registration district. Abolished 1.1.1870 to become part of London City registration district.
Westminster	London	1889	1913	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.7.1913 to become part of St. Martin registration district.
Whitechapel	London	1889	1925	Transferred from the county of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.1.1926 to become part of Stepney registration district.
Woolwich	London	1889	1965	Transferred from the county of Kent on 1.4.1889.

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