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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Somerset since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.
For the purposes of these pages, "Somerset" refers to:
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 |
Axbridge | Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Weston super Mare registration district. |
Bath | Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to the county of Avon on 1.4.1974. |
Bath & North East Somerset | Somerset |
1996 |
|
Created:1.4.1996 out of Bath and Bristol registration districts. |
Bathavon | Somerset |
1936 |
1974 |
Created:1.4.1936 out of Bath, Keynsham and Clutton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become parts of Bath and Bristol registration districts. |
Beaminster | Dorset |
1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Somerset until 30.9.1895. |
Bedminster | Somerset |
1837 |
1898 |
Abolished 1.1.1899 to become part of Bristol and Long Ashton registration districts. |
Bradford on Avon | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1882 |
Partly in Somerset until 1.1.1883. |
Bridgwater | Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Sedgemoor and Yeovil registration districts. |
Chard | Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Yeovil registration district. |
Clutton | Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Norton Radstock, Bathavon and Wells registration districts. |
Dulverton | Somerset |
1837 |
1838 |
Abolished 15.1.1838 to become part of Tiverton registration district. |
Dulverton | Somerset |
1855 |
1936 |
Created:1.1.1855 out of Tiverton registration district. Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Exmoor registration district. |
Exmoor | Somerset |
1936 |
1974 |
Created:1.4.1936 out of Williton and Dulverton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of West Somerset registration district. |
Frome | Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Mendip registration district. |
Keynsham | Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Chipping Sodbury, Bathavon, Bristol, and Chipping Sodbury registration districts. |
Langport | Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Bridgwater registration district. |
Long Ashton | Somerset |
1899 |
1936 |
Created:1.1.1899 out of Bedminster registration district. Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Weston super Mare and Bristol registration districts. |
Mendip | Somerset |
1974 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.1974 out of Wells, Frome, Norton Radstock, and Weston super Mare registration districts. Abolished 1.1.2008 to become part of Somerset registration district. |
Mere | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1896 |
Partly in Somerset until 30.9.1896. |
North Somerset | Somerset |
1996 |
|
Created:1.4.1996 out of Weston super Mare and Bristol registration districts. |
Norton Radstock | Somerset |
1936 |
1974 |
Created:1.4.1936 out of Clutton, Frome and Shepton Mallet registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Bath and Mendip registration districts. |
Sedgemoor | Somerset |
1974 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.1974 out of Bridgwater and Weston super Mare registration districts. Abolished 1.1.2008 to become part of Somerset registration district. |
Shepton Mallet | Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Wells, Frome, and Norton Radstock registration districts. |
Sherborne | Dorset |
1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Somerset until 30.9.1895. |
Somerset | Somerset |
1837 |
2007 |
Created:1.1.2008 from Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton and West Somerset registration districts. |
South Somerset | Somerset |
2003 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.2003 by renaming Yeovil registration district. Abolished 1.1.2008 to become part of Somerset registration district. |
Taunton | Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become Taunton Deane registration district. |
Taunton | Somerset |
1996 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.1996 by renaming Taunton Deane registration district. Abolished 1.1.2008 to become part of Somerset registration district. |
Taunton Deane | Somerset |
1974 |
1996 |
Created:1.4.1974 by renaming Taunton registration district. Abolished 1.4.1996 to become Taunton registration district. |
Tiverton | Devon |
1837 |
1854 |
Partly in Somerset until 1.1.1855. |
Wellington | Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Taunton and Tiverton registration districts. |
Wells | Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Mendip registration district. |
Weston super Mare | Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to the county of Avon on 1.4.1974. |
West Somerset | Somerset |
1974 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.1974 by renaming Exmoor registration district. Abolished 1.1.2008 to become part of Somerset registration district. |
Williton | Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Exmoor registration district. |
Wincanton | Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Yeovil registration district. |
Yeovil | Somerset |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.4.2003 to become South Somerset registration district. |
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