Registration Districts in Wiltshire

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN WILTSHIRE

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 1921.

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

the ancient county of Wiltshire (1837–89)
the administrative county of Wilts (1889–1974)
the non-metropolitan county of Wiltshire (from 1974), with the unitary authority of Swindon (from 1997).

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	Renamed 1.6.1895 to become Salisbury registration district.
Amesbury	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Salisbury district.
Andover	Hampshire	1837	1880	Partly in Wiltshire until 1.4.1880.
Bradford on Avon	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Trowbridge registration district.
Calne	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Chippenham registration district.
Chippenham	Wiltshire	1938	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Wiltshire registration district.
Cirencester	Gloucestershire	1837	1897	Partly in Wiltshire until 30.9.1897.
Cricklade	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Swindon registration district.
Devizes	Wiltshire	1837	1998	Abolished 1.10.1998 and added to Devizes & Marlborough registration district.
Devizes & Marlborough	Wiltshire	1998	2008	Created 1.10.1998 from Devizes and Marlborough registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to 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 and added to Chippenham registration district.
Marlborough	Wiltshire	1837	1998	Abolished 1.10.1998 and added to Devizes & Marlborough registration district.
Melksham	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Trowbridge and Devizes registration districts.
Mere	Wiltshire	1837	1977	Abolished 1.1.1978 and added to Salisbury registration district.
New Forest	Hampshire	1837	1895	Partly in Wiltshire until 30.9.1895.
Pewsey	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Devizes registration district.
Romsey	Hampshire	1837	1895	Partly in Wiltshire until 30.9.1895.
Salisbury	Wiltshire	1837	1869	Abolished 21.5.1869 and added to Alderbury registration district.
Salisbury	Wiltshire	1895	2008	Created 1.6.1895 by renaming Alderbury registration district. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to 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 and added to Mere registration district.
Trowbridge	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Created 1.4.1936 out of Melksham and Bradford on Avon registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Wiltshire registration district.
Warminster	Wiltshire	1837	2008	Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Wiltshire registration district.
Westbury	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Warminster registration district.
Wilton	Wiltshire	1837	1936	Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between 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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