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 1921.

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 (1974–2021).
the unitary authorities of North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire (from 2021).

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 and added to Towcester & Brackley registration district.
Brixworth	Northamptonshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Kettering and Northampton registration districts.
Corby	Northamptonshire	1974	2010	Created 1.4.1974 out of Kettering registration district. Abolished 1.10.2010 and added to Northamptonshire registration district.
Daventry	Northamptonshire	1837	2010	Abolished 1.10.2010 and added to Northamptonshire registration district.
Hardingstone	Northamptonshire	1837	1924	Abolished 1.2.1924 and added to Northampton & Hardingstone registration district.
Kettering	Northamptonshire	1837	2010	Abolished 1.10.2010 and added to 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.
North Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire	2021		Created 1.4.2021 out of Northamptonshire registration district.
Northampton	Northamptonshire	1837	1924	Abolished 1.2.1924 and added to Northampton & Hardingstone registration district.
Northampton	Northamptonshire	1936	2010	Created 1.7.1936 out of Northampton & Hardingstone registration district. Abolished 1.10.2010 and added to Northamptonshire registration district.
Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire	2010	2021	Created 1.10.2010 from Corby, Daventry, Kettering, Northampton, Ounde & Thrapston, Towcester & Brackley and Wellingborough registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2021 and divided between North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire registration districts.
Northampton & Hardingstone	Northamptonshire	1924	1936	Created 1.2.1924 from Northampton and Hardingstone registration districts. Abolished 1.7.1936 and divided between Northampton and Brixworth registration districts.
Oundle	Northamptonshire	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Ounde & Thrapston registration district.
Oundle & Thrapston	Northamptonshire	1974	2010	Created 1.4.1974 out of Oundle and Thrapston registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2010 and added to Northamptonshire registration district.
Peterborough	Northamptonshire	1837	1965	Transferred to Huntingdonshire on 1.4.1965.
Potterspury	Northamptonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between 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 and added to Ounde & Thrapston registration district.
Towcester	Northamptonshire	1837	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Towcester & Brackley registration district.
Towcester & Brackley	Northamptonshire	2001	2010	Created 1.10.2001 from Brackley and Towcester registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2010 and added to Northamptonshire registration district.
Uppingham	Rutland	1837	1933	Partly in Northamptonshire until 1.1.1934.
Wellingborough	Northamptonshire	1837	2010	Abolished 1.10.2010 and added to Northamptonshire registration district.
West Northamptonshire	Northamptonshire	2021		Created 1.4.2021 out of Northamptonshire registration district.

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