Axminster Registration District

AXMINSTER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Devon.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.7.1936 (divided between Honiton and Bridport registration districts).
Sub-districts : Axminster; Chardstock; Colyton; Lyme.
GRO volumes : X (1837–51); 5b (1852–1936).
District number : 133a (1841–46); 279 (1847–69); 269 (1870–1908); 268 (1909–36).

Table 1: List of Places in Axminster Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Axminster	Devon	1837	1915	A detached part of the parish of Axminster was transferred from Devon to Dorset on 20.10.1844; this area became part of the parish of Thorncombe on 25.3.1884, so that thereafter Axminster was entirely in Devon. Abolished 1.4.1915 to become the separate parishes of Axminster Town and Axminster Hamlets.
Axminster	Dorset	1844	1884
Axminster Hamlets	Devon	1915	1936	Created 1.4.1915 from the rural part of the parish of Axminster. See also Table 2, note (f).
Axminster Town	Devon	1915	1936	Created 1.4.1915 from the part of the parish of Axminster in Axminster Urban District. See also Table 2, note (f).
Axmouth	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Beer	Devon	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Seaton & Beer. See also Table 2, note (f).
Chardstock	Dorset	1837	1896	Transferred from Dorset to Devon on 2.7.1896. See also Table 2, note (f).
Chardstock	Devon	1896	1936
Charmouth	Dorset	1837	1896	See Table 2, note (d).
Colyton	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Combpyne	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Dalwood	Dorset	1837	1844	Transferred from Dorset to Devon on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (f).
Dalwood	Devon	1844	1936
Farway	Devon	1935	1936	That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Colyton. See also Table 2, note (f).
Hawkchurch	Dorset	1837	1896	Transferred from Dorset to Devon on 30.9.1896. See also Table 2, note (f).
Hawkchurch	Devon	1896	1936
Kilmington	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Lyme Regis	Dorset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Membury	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Musbury	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Rousdon	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Seaton	Devon	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Seaton & Beer in Seaton Urban District. See also Table 2, note (f).
Seaton & Beer	Devon	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Seaton and Beer.
Shute	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Stockland	Dorset	1837	1844	Transferred from Dorset to Devon on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (f).
Stockland	Devon	1844	1936
Thorncombe	Devon	1837	1844	Transferred from Devon to Dorset on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (c).
Thorncombe	Dorset	1844	1896
Uplyme	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Axminster Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1884	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Membury (which was added to the parish of Yarcombe on 25.3.1884) to Chard registration district.	22 in 1891
25.3.1885	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Colyton (which was added to the parish of Southleigh on 25.3.1885) to Honiton registration district.	36 in 1891
1.5.1896	(c)	Lost the parish of Thorncombe to Beaminster registration district.	941 in 1891
1.5.1896	(d)	Lost the parish of Charmouth to Bridport registration district.	535 in 1891
1.7.1936 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the parish of Lyme Regis to Bridport registration district.	2620 in 1931
1.7.1936 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the part in the parish of Farway (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Colyton) and the parishes of Axminster Hamlets, Axminster Town, Axmouth, Beer, Chardstock, Colyton, Combpyne, Dalwood, Hawkchurch, Kilmington, Membury, Musbury, Rousdon, Seaton, Shute, Stockland and Uplyme, to Honiton registration district.	15085 in 1931

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