Registration Districts in Suffolk

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN SUFFOLK

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Suffolk since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

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

the ancient county of Suffolk (1837–89)
the administrative county of East Suffolk (1889–1974), with the county borough of Ipswich.
the administrative county of West Suffolk (1889–1974).
the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk (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
Blyth	Suffolk	1935	1983	Created 1.4.1935 out of Blything, Plomesgate and Hartismere registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1983 and divided between Deben and Waveney registration districts.
Blything	Suffolk	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Blyth, Wainford and Lothingland registration districts.
Bosmere	Suffolk	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Gipping, Deben and Ipswich registration districts.
Bury St. Edmunds	Suffolk	1837	2010	Abolished 2.11.2010 and added to Suffolk registration district.
Cosford	Suffolk	1837	1938	Abolished 1.7.1938 and divided between Sudbury and Bury St. Edmunds registration districts.
Deben	Suffolk	1935	2010	Created 1.4.1935 out of Woodbridge, Plomesgate and Bosmere registration districts. Abolished 2.11.2010 and added to Suffolk registration district.
Depwade	Norfolk	1837	1885	Partly in Suffolk until 25.3.1885.
Gipping	Suffolk	1935	1983	Created 1.4.1935 out of Bosmere and Stow registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1983 and added to Gipping & Hartismere registration district.
Gipping & Hartismere	Suffolk	1983	2010	Created 1.4.1983 from Gipping and Hartismere registration districts. Abolished 2.11.2010 and added to Suffolk registration district.
Hartismere	Suffolk	1837	1983	Abolished 1.10.1983 and added to Gipping & Hartismere registration district.
Hoxne	Suffolk	1837	1907	Abolished 1.7.1907 and added to Hartismere registration district.
Ipswich	Suffolk	1837	2010	Abolished 2.11.2010 and added to Suffolk registration district.
Lothingland	Suffolk	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of Mutford and Blything registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Waveney and Great Yarmouth registration districts.
Mildenhall	Suffolk	1837	1938	Abolished 1.7.1938 and added to Newmarket registration district.
Mutford	Suffolk	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Lothingland registration district.
Newmarket	Suffolk	1837	1989	Abolished 1.4.1989 and added to Bury St. Edmunds registration district.
Plomesgate	Suffolk	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Blyth, Deben and Hartismere registration districts.
Risbridge	Suffolk	1837	1938	Abolished 1.7.1938 and divided between Newmarket and Braintree registration districts.
Samford	Suffolk	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Ipswich registration district.
Stow	Suffolk	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Gipping and Bury St. Edmunds registration districts.
Sudbury	Suffolk	1837	2010	Abolished 2.11.2010 and added to Suffolk registration district.
Suffolk	Suffolk	2010		Created 2.11.2010 from Bury St. Edmunds, Deben, Gipping & Hartismere, Ipswich, Sudbury and Waveney registration districts.
Thetford	Norfolk	1837	1938	Partly in Suffolk until 1.7.1938.
Thingoe	Suffolk	1837	1908	Abolished 1.4.1908 and added to Bury St. Edmunds registration district
Wainford	Suffolk	1935	1948	Created 1.4.1935 out of Wangford and Blything registration districts. Abolished 1.7.1948 and added to Lothingland registration district.
Wangford	Suffolk	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Wainford registration district.
Waveney	Suffolk	1974	2010	Created 1.4.1974 out of Lothingland and Blyth registration districts. Abolished 2.11.2010 and added to Suffolk registration district.
Woodbridge	Suffolk	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Deben, Samford and Ipswich registration districts.

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