Registration Districts in London

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN LONDON

The list below shows the civil registration districts in 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.

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

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