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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Wiltshire between 1837 and 1974. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.
For the purposes of these pages, "Wiltshire" 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 |
Alderbury | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1895 |
Abolished 1.6.1895 to become Salisbury registration district. |
Amesbury | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Salisbury district. |
Andover | Hampshire |
1837 |
1880 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 1.4.1880. |
Bradford on Avon | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Trowbridge registration district. |
Calne | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Chippenham registration district. |
Chippenham | Wiltshire |
1938 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Wiltshire registration district. |
Cirencester | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1897 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 30.9.1897. |
Cricklade | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Swindon registration district. |
Devizes | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1998 |
Abolished 1.10.1998 to become part of Devizes & Marlborough registration district. |
Devizes & Marlborough | Wiltshire |
1998 |
2008 |
Created 1.10.1998 from Devizes and Marlborough registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Wiltshire registration district. |
Dursley | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 20.10.1844. |
Faringdon | Berkshire |
1837 |
1881 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 20.12.1881. |
Fordingbridge | Hampshire |
1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 30.9.1895. |
Highworth | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1899 |
Abolished 1.5.1899 to become Swindon registration district. |
Hungerford | Berkshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 1.4.1936. |
Malmesbury | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Chippenham registration district. |
Marlborough | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1998 |
Abolished 1.10.1998 to become part of Devizes & Marlborough registration district. |
Melksham | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Trowbridge and Devizes registration districts. |
Mere | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1977 |
Abolished 1.1.1978 to become part of Salisbury registration district. |
New Forest | Hampshire |
1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 30.9.1895. |
Pewsey | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Devizes registration district. |
Romsey | Hampshire |
1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 30.9.1895. |
Salisbury | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1869 |
Abolished 21.5.1869 to become part of Alderbury registration district. |
Salisbury | Wiltshire |
1895 |
2008 |
Created 1.6.1895 out of Alderbury registration district. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Wiltshire registration district. |
Stockbridge | Hampshire |
1837 |
1883 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 25.3.1883. |
Swindon | Wiltshire |
1899 |
|
Created 1.5.1899 by renaming Highworth registration district. |
Tetbury | Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1930 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 31.3.1930. |
Tisbury | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Mere registration district. |
Trowbridge | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Created 1.4.1936 out of Melksham and Bradford on Avon registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Wiltshire registration district. |
Warminster | Wiltshire |
1938 |
2008 |
Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Wiltshire registration district. |
Westbury | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Warminster registration district. |
Wilton | Wiltshire |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 to become part of Salisbury and Warminster registration districts. |
Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
2008 |
|
Created 1.4.2008 from Chippenham, Devizes & Marlborough, Salisbury, Trowbridge, and Warminster registration districts). |
Wokingham | Berkshire |
1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Wiltshire until 20.10.1844. |
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