Registration Districts in Northamptonshire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Northamptonshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.

For the purposes of these pages the term "Northamptonshire" refers to:

the ancient county of Northampton (1837-89)
the administrative county of Northampton (1889-1974), with the county borough of Northampton.
the administrative county of of the Soke of Peterborough (1889-1965)
the non-metropolitan county of Northamptonshire (from 1974).

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
Banbury	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1.4.1932.
Brackley	Northamptonshire	1837	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 to become part of Towcester & Brackley registration district .
Brixworth	Northamptonshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Kettering and Northampton registration districts .
Corby	Northamptonshire	1974	2010	Created 1.4.1974 out of Kettering registration district . Abolished 1.10.2010 to become part of Northamptonshire registration district .
Daventry	Northamptonshire	1837	2010	Abolished 1.10.2010 to become part of Northamptonshire registration district .
Hardingstone	Northamptonshire	1837	1924	Abolished 1.2.1924 to become part of Northampton & Hardingstone registration district .
Kettering	Northamptonshire	1837	2010	Abolished 1.10.2010 to become part of Northamptonshire registration district .
Lutterworth	Leicestershire	1837	1895	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1.6.1895.
Market Harborough	Leicestershire	1837	1936	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1.7.1936.
Newport Pagnell	Buckinghamshire	1837	1894	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1894.
Northampton	Northamptonshire	1837	1924	Abolished 1.2.1924 to become part of Northampton & Hardingstone registration district .
Northampton	Northamptonshire	1936	2010	Created 1.7.1936 out of Northampton & Hardingstone registration district . Abolished 1.10.2010 to become part of Northamptonshire registration district .
Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire	2010		Created 1.10.2010 from Corby, Daventry, Kettering, Northampton, Ounde & Thrapston, Towcester & Brackley, and Wellingborough registration districts .
Northampton & Hardingstone	Northamptonshire	1924	1936	Created 1.2.1924 from Northampton and Hardingstone registration districts . Abolished 1.7.1936 to become part of Northampton and Brixworth registration districts .
Oundle	Northamptonshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Ounde & Thrapston registration district .
Ounde & Thrapston	Northamptonshire	1974	2010	Created 1.4.1974 out of Oundle and Thrapston registration districts . Abolished 1.10.2010 to become part of Northamptonshire registration district .
Peterborough	Northamptonshire	1837	1929	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1.4.1929.
Potterspury	Northamptonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of North Bucks and Towcester registration districts .
Rugby	Warwickshire	1837	1932	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1.4.1932.
Southam	Warwickshire	1837	1895	Partly in Northamptonshire until 30.9.1895.
Stamford	Lincolnshire	1837	1933	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1.1.1934.
Thrapston	Northamptonshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Ounde & Thrapston registration district .
Towcester	Northamptonshire	1837	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 to become part of Towcester & Brackley registration district .
Towcester & Brackley	Northamptonshire	2001	2010	Created 1.10.2001 from Brackley and Towcester registration districts . Abolished 1.10.2010 to become part of Northamptonshire registration district .
Uppingham	Rutland	1837	1933	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1.1.1934.
Wellingborough	Northamptonshire	1837	2010	Abolished 1.10.2010 to become part of Northamptonshire registration district .

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