Bedford Registration District

BEDFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Bedfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Barford, Bedford Borough, Bedford Hospitals, Bedford & Cardington, Bedford & Kempston, Harrold, Kempston & Cardington, Riseley, Sharnbrook, Turvey.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 3b (1851–1946), 4A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Central Bedfordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Bedford Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bedford	Bedfordshire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of St. Paul, St. Mary, St. Cuthbert, St. Peter, Goldington, Eastcotts, St. John, Biddenham, Clapham, Cardington, Bromham, and Elstow.
Biddenham	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Bletsoe	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Bolnhurst	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bolnhurst & Keysoe. See also Table 2, note (a).
Bolnhurst & Keysoe	Bedfordshire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 from the parishes of Keysoe and Bolnhurst.
Bromham	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Cardington	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Carlton	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Carlton & Chellington.
Carlton & Chellington	Bedfordshire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 from the separate parishes of Carlton and Chellington.
Chellington	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Carlton & Chellington.
Clapham	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Colmworth	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Colworth Farm	Bedfordshire	1837	1895	Abolished 1.4.1895 and incorprorated into the parish of Sharnbrook.
Cople	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Dean & Shelton	Bedfordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Eastcotts	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Eaton Socon	Bedfordshire	1935	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and incorporated into the parishes of Staploe, Roxton, and St. Neots. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Elstow	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Felmersham	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Goldington	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parishes of Bedford, Ravensden, and Renhold.
Great Barford	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Harrold	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Kempston	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Kempston Rural	Bedfordshire	1896	1974	Created 1.4.1896 from the rural part of the parish of Kempston.
Keysoe	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bolnhurst & Keysoe. See also Table 2, note (b).
Knotting	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Knotting & Souldrop.
Knotting & Souldrop	Bedfordshire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 from the parishes of Souldrop and Knotting.
Little Barford	Bedfordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Little Staughton	Bedfordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Melchbourne	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Melchbourne & Yelden.
Melchbourne & Yelden	Bedfordshire	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 from the separate parishes of Melchbourne and Yelden. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Milton Ernest	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Oakley	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Odell	Bedfordshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Pavenham	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Pertenhall	Bedfordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Podington	Bedfordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Ravensden	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Renhold	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Riseley	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Roxton	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
St. Cuthbert	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bedford.
St. John	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bedford.
St. Mary	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bedford.
St. Paul	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bedford.
St. Peter	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Bedford.
Sharnbrook	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Souldrop	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Knotting & Souldrop.
Stagsden	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Staploe	Bedfordshire	1965	1974	Created 1.4.1965 out of the parish of Eaton Socon.
Stevington	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Stewartby	Bedfordshire	1937	1974	Created 1.10.1937 out of the parishes of Wootton and Kempston Rural.
Swineshead	Bedfordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Thurleigh	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Turvey	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Wilden	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Willington	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Wilshamstead	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Wootton	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Wymington	Bedfordshire	1935	1974	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Yelden	Bedfordshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Melchbourne & Yelden.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bedford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
9.10.1879	(a)	Gained a part of the parish of Bolnhurst (which until 9.10.1879 had formed a detached part of the parish of Pertenhall) from St. Neots registration district.	10 in 1881
9.10.1879	(b)	Gained a part of the parish of Keysoe (which until 9.10.1879 had formed another detached part of the parish of Pertenhall) from St. Neots registration district.	0 in 1881
24.3.1883	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Odell (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Podington, including Yelnoe Farm) from Wellingborough registration district.	4 in 1891
1.4.1935	(d)	Gained the parishes of Dean & Shelton, Eaton Socon, Little Barford, Little Staughton, Pertenhall, and Swineshead, from St. Neots registration district.	3224 in 1931
1.4.1935	(e)	Gained the parishes of Podington and Wymington from Wellingborough registration district.	943 in 1931
1.4.1965	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Eaton Socon (which became part of the parish of St. Neots on 1.4.1965) to St. Neots registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Melchbourne & Yelden (which became part of the parish of Chelveston cum Caldecott on 1.4.1965) to Wellingborough registration district.
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Melchbourne & Yelden (which became part of the parish of Newton Bromswold on 1.4.1965) to Wellingborough registration district.
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Wymington (which became part of the parish of Rushden on 1.4.1965) to Wellingborough registration district.

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