Biggleswade Registration District

BIGGLESWADE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Bedfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Biggleswade, Potton, Stotfold.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 3b (1851–1946), 4A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Central Bedfordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Biggleswade Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Arlesey	Bedfordshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (c) and (d).
Astwick	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Biggleswade	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Blunham	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Campton	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Chicksands Priory	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Clifton	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Cockayne Hatley	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Dunton	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Edworth	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Everton	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Eyeworth	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Henlow	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Langford	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Meppershall	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Hertfordshire part of the parish of Meppershall became part of Bedfordshire, so that thereafter Meppershall was wholly in Bedfordshire.
Meppershall	Bedfordshire	1844	1974
Mogerhanger	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Northill	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Old Warden	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Potton	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Sandy	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Shefford	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Shefford Hardwick	Bedfordshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Shefford.
Southill	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Stotfold	Bedfordshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Sutton	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Tempsford	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Upper Stondon	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Wrestlingworth	Bedfordshire	1837	1974

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Biggleswade Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
13.8.1947	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Arlesey (which became part of the parish of Ickleford on 13.8.1947) to Hitchin registration district.
13.8.1947	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Arlesey (which until 13.8.1947 formed part of the parish of Ickleford) from Hitchin registration district.
28.9.1956	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Arlesey (which became part of the parish of Ickleford on 28.9.1956) to Hitchin registration district.
28.9.1956	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Arlesey (which until 28.9.1956 formed part of the parish of Ickleford) from Hitchin registration district.
1.4.1965	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Stotfold (which became part of the parish of Letchworth on 1.4.1965) to Hitchin registration district.

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