Registration Districts in Middlesex

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN MIDDLESEX

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Middlesex between 1837 and 1965. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

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

the ancient county of Middlesex (1837–89)
the administrative county of Middlesex (1889–1965).

Middlesex was abolished on 1.4.1965 and added to the counties of Greater London and Hertfordshire.

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
Barnet	Hertfordshire	1837	1851	Transferred to Greater London on 1.4.1965.
	Middlesex	1852	1946
	Hertfordshire	1946	1965
Bethnal Green	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Bishopsgate	London	1837	1838	Abolished 1.4.1838 to become East London registration district.
Bloomsbury	London	1837	1838	Abolished 1.4.1838 and added to St. Giles registration district.
Brentford	Middlesex	1837	1947	Abolished 1.10.1947 and divided between Ealing, Middlesex South, Willesden and Harrow registration districts.
Chelsea	London	1841	1889	Created 22.6.1841 out of Kensington registration district. Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Clerkenwell	London	1837	1869	Abolished 2.8.1869 and added to Holborn registration district.
East London	London	1838	1869	Partly in Middlesex until 1.1.1870.
Ealing	Middlesex	1947	1965	Created 1.10.1947 out of Brentford, Uxbridge, Staines and Willesden registration districts.
Edmonton	Middlesex	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and divided between Enfield and Haringey registration districts.
Fulham	London	1875	1889	Created 1.4.1875 out of Kensington registration district. Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Hackney	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Hampstead	London	1848	1889	Created 19.5.1848 out of Edmonton registration district. Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Harrow	Middlesex	1947	1965	Created 1.10.1947 out of Hendon, Uxbridge and Brentford registration districts.
Hendon	Middlesex	1837	1965
Holborn	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Islington	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Kensington	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Kingston	Surrey	1837	1934	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1934.
London City	London	1870	1901	Partly in Middlesex until 1.1.1902.
Marylebone	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Mile End Old Town	London	1857	1889	Created 1.10.1857 out of Stepney registration district. Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Middlesex South	Middlesex	1947	1965	Created 1.10.1947 out of Brentford and Staines registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to Richmond upon Thames, Surrey Northern and Hounslow registration districts.
Paddington	London	1885	1889	Created 1.1.1885 out of Kensington registration district. Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Pancras	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Poplar	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Shoreditch	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
St. George Hanover Square	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
St. George in the East	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
St. Giles	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
St. James Westminster	London	1837	1870	Renamed 1.7.1870 to become Westminster registration district.
St. Luke	London	1837	1869	Abolished 2.8.1869 and added to Holborn registration district.
St. Martin in the Fields	London	1837	1868	Abolished 1.7.1868 and added to Strand registration district.
Staines	Middlesex	1837	1947	Abolished 1.10.1947 and divided between Middlesex South, Uxbridge and Ealing registration districts.
Stepney	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Strand	London	1837	1889	Partly in Middlesex until 1.4.1889.
Uxbridge	Middlesex	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to Hillingdon registration district.
Westminster	London	1870	1889	Created 1.7.1870 by rernaming St. James Westminster registration district. Transferred to London on 1.4.1889.
Westminster St. Margaret	London	1837	1870	Abolished 1.7.1870 and added to St. George Hanover Square registration district.
Whitechapel	London	1837	1889	Part of London from 1.4.1889.
Willesden	Middlesex	1909	1965	Created 1.10.1909 out of Hendon registration district. Renamed 1.4.1965 to become Brent registration district.
Wood Green	Middlesex	1947	1965	Created 1.10.1947 out of Edmonton and Hendon registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1965 and divided between Elstree & Potters Bar, Enfield and Haringey registration districts.

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