Registration Districts in Somerset

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN SOMERSET

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 1921.

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

the ancient county of Somerset (1837–89)
the administrative county of Somerset (1889–1974), with the county borough of Bath.
the non-metropolitan county of Somerset (1974–2023)
the unitary authorities of Bath & North East Somerset and North Somerset (from 1996), and Somerset (from 2023).

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 and added to Weston-super-Mare registration district.
Bath	Somerset	1837	1974	Transferred to 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 and divided between Bath and Bristol registration districts.
Beaminster	Dorset	1837	1895	Partly in Somerset until 30.9.1895.
Bedminster	Somerset	1837	1898	Renamed 1.4.1899 to become Long Ashton registration district.
Bradford on Avon	Wiltshire	1837	1882	Partly in Somerset until 1.1.1883.
Bridgwater	Somerset	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Sedgemoor and Yeovil registration districts.
Chard	Somerset	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Yeovil registration district.
Clutton	Somerset	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Norton Radstock, Bathavon and Wells registration districts.
Dulverton	Somerset	1837	1838	Abolished 15.1.1838 and added to Tiverton registration district.
Dulverton	Somerset	1855	1936	Created:1.1.1855 out of Tiverton registration district. Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Exmoor registration district.
Exmoor	Somerset	1936	1974	Created:1.4.1936 out of Williton and Dulverton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to West Somerset registration district.
Frome	Somerset	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Mendip registration district.
Keynsham	Somerset	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Chipping Sodbury, Bathavon, Bristol and Chipping Sodbury registration districts.
Langport	Somerset	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Bridgwater registration district.
Long Ashton	Somerset	1899	1936	Created:1.1.1899 by renaming Bedminster registration district. Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between 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 and added to 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 and divided between 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 and added to Somerset registration district.
Shepton Mallet	Somerset	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Wells, Frome and Norton Radstock registration districts.
Sherborne	Dorset	1837	1895	Partly in Somerset until 30.9.1895.
Somerset	Somerset	2008		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 and added to Somerset registration district.
Taunton	Somerset	1837	1974	Renamed 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 and added to Somerset registration district.
Taunton Deane	Somerset	1974	1996	Created:1.4.1974 by renaming Taunton registration district. Renamed 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 and divided between Taunton and Tiverton registration districts.
Wells	Somerset	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Mendip registration district.
Weston-super-Mare	Somerset	1837	1974	Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974.
West Somerset	Somerset	1974	2007	Created:1.4.1974 by renaming Exmoor registration district. Abolished 1.1.2008 and added to Somerset registration district.
Williton	Somerset	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Exmoor registration district.
Wincanton	Somerset	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Yeovil registration district.
Yeovil	Somerset	1837	2003	Abolished 1.4.2003 to become South Somerset registration district.

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