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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Gloucestershire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.
For the purposes of these pages, "Gloucestershire " refers to:
Click on a district name in the table below 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 |
1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844. |
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Gloucestershire |
1877 |
1905 |
Created 1.4.1877 by renaming Clifton registration district. Abolished 1.1.1905 and divided between Bristol, Thornbury and Chipping Sodbury registration districts. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1898 |
Renamed 1.4.1899 to become Long Ashton registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
2006 |
Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district. |
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1837 |
1937 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1937. |
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1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Kingswood, Sodbury, Cirencester and Thornbury registration districts. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
2006 |
Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1877 |
Renamed 1.4.1877 to become Barton Regis registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Stroud and Thornbury registration districts. |
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1837 |
1931 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1931. |
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1837 |
1937 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1937. |
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Gloucestershire |
1937 |
2006 |
Created 1.4.1937 out of Westbury on Severn, Monmouth and Chepstow registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Gloucester City, Gloucester Rural and Cheltenham registration districts. |
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Gloucestershire |
1974 |
2006 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Gloucester City and Gloucester Rural registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1937 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1937 out of Gloucester registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Gloucester registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1937 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1937 out of Gloucester, Newent, Wheatenhurst, Westbury on Severn, Tewkesbury and Stroud registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Gloucester, Stroud and Forest of Dean registration districts. |
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Gloucestershire |
2006 |
Created 1.4.2006 from Cheltenham, Cirencester, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, North Cotswold and Stroud registration districts. |
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1837 |
1936 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1936. |
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Gloucestershire |
1937 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1937 out of Chipping Sodbury registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Bristol registration district. |
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1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844. |
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1837 |
1937 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1937. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Gloucester Rural registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1937 |
2006 |
Created 1.4.1937 out of Stow on the Wold, Winchcomb and Shipston-on-Stour registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Cirencester and Cheltenham registration districts. |
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1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.10.1935. |
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1837 |
1932 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1932. |
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Gloucestershire |
1937 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1937 out of Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury and Bristol registration districts. Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974. |
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Gloucestershire |
1996 |
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Created 1.4.1996 out of Sodbury, Bristol and Bath registration districts. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between North Cotswold and Cirencester registration districts. |
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1837 |
1931 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 1.4.1931. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
2006 |
Abolished 1.4.2006 and added to Gloucestershire registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Cirencester registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Cheltenham and Gloucester Rural registration districts. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Forest of Dean and Gloucester Rural registration districts. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Gloucester Rural registration district. |
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Gloucestershire |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between Cheltenham and North Cotswold registration districts. |
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1837 |
1844 |
Partly in Gloucestershire until 20.10.1844. |
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