Bathavon Registration District

BATHAVON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Somerset.
Created : 1.4.1936 (out of Bath, Keynsham and Clutton registration districts).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become parts of Bath and Bristol registration districts).
Sub-districts : Bathavon, Camerton, Keynsham.
GRO volumes : 5c (1936–46), 7C (1946–74).
Registers currently held at : Bath & North East Somerset and Bristol.

Table 1: List of Places in Bathavon Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bathampton	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Batheaston	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (i) and (j).
Bathford	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Camerton	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (j).
Charlcombe	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (d), (i) and (j).
Claverton	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Combe Hay	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Compton Dando	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (j).
Corston	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (j).
Dunkerton	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Englishcombe	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (j).
Freshford	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Hinton Charterhouse	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Kelston	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (j).
Keynsham	Somerset	1936	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See Table 2, notes (c), (f) and (j).
Marksbury	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (j).
Monkton Combe	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (d), (i) and (j).
Newton St. Loe	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c), (i) and (j).
North Stoke	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c), (h) and (j).
Peasedown St. John	Somerset	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Wellow, Camerton, and Dunkerton. See also Table 2, note (j).
Priston	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (j).
St. Catherine	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Saltford	Somerset	1936	1938	Abolished 1.4.1938 to become part of the parish of Keysham. See also Table 2, note (c).
Shoscombe	Somerset	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parish of Wellow. See also Table 2, note (j).
Southstoke	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (j).
Swainswick	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (i) and (j).
Wellow	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Weston	Somerset	1936	1953	Abolished 1.4.1953 to become parts of the parishes of Charlcombe and Kelston. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Whitchurch	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c), (e), (g) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bathavon Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1936 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Charlcombe, Claverton, Combe Hay, Dunkerton, Englishcombe, Freshford, Hinton Charterhouse, Monkton Combe, St. Catherine, Southstoke, Swainswick, Wellow, and Weston, from Bath registration district.	12032 in 1931
	(b)	Gained the parish of Camerton from Clutton registration district.	2003 in 1931
	(c)	Gained the parishes of Compton Dando, Corston, Kelston, Keynsham, Marksbury, Newton St. Loe, North Stoke, Priston, Saltford, and Whitchurch, from Keynsham registration district.	8119 in 1931
1.4.1951	(d)	Lost parts of the parishes of Charlcombe, Claverton, Englishcombe, Monkton Combe, Southstoke, and Weston (which became parts of the parish of Bath on 1.4.1951) to Bath registration district.
1.4.1951	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Whitchurch (which became part of the parish of Bristol on 1.4.1951) to Bristol registration district.
1.4.1966	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Keynsham (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Bristol) from Bristol registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Whitchurch (which became part of the parish of Bristol on 1.4.1966) to Bristol registration district.
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of North Stoke (which became part of the parish of Bitton on 1.4.1966) to Kingswood registration district.
1.4.1967	(i)	Lost parts of the parishes of Batheaston, Charlcombe, Monkton Combe, Newton St. Loe, and Swainswick (which became parts of the parish of Bath on 1.4.1967) to Bath registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(j)	Lost the parishes of Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Camerton, Charlcombe, Claverton, Combe Hay, Compton Dando, Corston, Dunkerton, Englishcombe, Freshford, Hinton Charterhouse, Kelston, Keynsham, Marksbury, Monkton Combe, Newton St. Loe, North Stoke, Peasedown St. John, Priston, St. Catherine, Shoscombe, Southstoke, Swainswick, and Wellow (which were transferred from Somerset to the county of Avon on 1.4.1974) to Bath registration district.	36292 in 1971
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(k)	Lost the parish of Whitchurch (which was transferred from Somerset to the county of Avon on 1.4.1974) to Bristol registration district.	843 in 1971

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