Registration Districts in Oxfordshire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN OXFORDSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Oxfordshire between 1837 and 1974. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

County boundaries and definitions have changed frequently, but the term "Oxfordshire" on these pages refers to:

the ancient county of Oxford (1837–89)
the administrative county of Oxford (1889–1974), with the county borough of Oxford.
the non-metropolitan county of Oxfordshire (from 1972).

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
Abingdon	Berkshire	1837	1932	Partly in Oxfordshire until 1.10.1932.
Abingdon	Oxfordshire	1974	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
Banbury	Oxfordshire	1837	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
Bicester	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to Ploughley & Bullingdon registration district.
Brackley	Northamptonshire	1837	1932	Partly in Oxfordshire until 1.10.1932.
Bradfield	Berkshire	1837	1932	Partly in Oxfordshire until 1.10.1932.
Buckingham	Buckinghamshire	1837	1844	Partly in Oxfordshire until 20.10.1844.
Bullingdon	Oxfordshire	1964	2001	Created 1.10.1964 out of Ploughley & Bullingdon registration district. Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
Chipping Norton	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	Abolished 1.4.1982 and added to West Oxfordshire registration district.
Faringdon	Berkshire	1837	1932	Partly in Oxfordshire until 1.10.1932.
Headington	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.1.1933 and added to Oxford registration district.
Henley	Oxfordshire	1837	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
Oxford	Oxfordshire	1837	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	2001		Created 1.10.2001 from Abingdon, Banbury, Bullingdon, Henley, Oxford, Ploughley, Wallingford, Wantage and West Oxfordshire registration districts.
Ploughley	Oxfordshire	1964	2001	Created 1.10.1964 out of Ploughley & Bullingdon registration district. Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
Ploughley & Bullingdon	Oxfordshire	1932	1964	Created 1.10.1932 out of Bicester, Thame, Headington, Wallingford, Woodstock, Abingdon, Henley and Brackley registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1964 and divided between Bullingdon and Ploughley registration districts.
Thame	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and added to Ploughley & Bullingdon and Aylesbury registration districts.
Wallingford	Berkshire	1837	1932	Partly in Oxfordshire until 1.10.1932.
Wallingford	Oxfordshire	1837	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
Wantage	Berkshire	1837	1932	Partly in Oxfordshire until 1.10.1932.
Wantage	Oxfordshire	1837	2001	Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	1982	2001	Created 1.4.1982 from Chipping Norton and Witney registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to Oxfordshire registration district.
Witney	Oxfordshire	1837	1982	Abolished 1.4.1982 and added to West Oxfordshire registration district.
Woodstock	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.10.1932 and divided between Chipping Norton, Ploughley & Bullingdon, Banbury and Witney registration districts.
Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	1837	1896	Partly in Oxfordshire until 30.9.1896.

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