Bishops Stortford Registration District

BISHOPS STORTFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hertfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Bishop Stortford in early listings).
Sub-districts : Bishops Stortford, Braughing, Sawbridgeworth, Stansted, Stortford.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 3a (1852–1946), 4B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Hertfordshire and Essex (Saffron Walden).

Table 1: List of Places in Bishop Stortford Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Albury	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Anstey	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Ardeley	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Aspeden	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Berden	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Birchanger	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Bishops Stortford	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Braughing	Hertfordshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).
Brent Pelham	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Broadfield	Hertfordshire	1939	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Cottered. See also Table 2, note (c).
Buckland	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Buntingford	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Cottered	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Elsenham	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Farnham	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Furneaux Pelham	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Great Hallingbury	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Henham	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
High Wych	Hertfordshire	1901	1974	Created 1.4.1901 out of the parish of Sawbridgeworth. See also Table 2, note (g).
Hormead	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Little Hadham	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Little Hallingbury	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (a).
Manuden	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Meesden	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Much Hadham	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Sawbridgeworth	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Stansted Mountfitchet	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Stocking Pelham	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Thorley	Hertfordshire	1837	1974
Throcking	Hertfordshire	1939	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Cottered. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ugley	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (b).
Westmill	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Wyddial	Hertfordshire	1939	1974	See Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bishop Stortford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1939	(a)	Lost the parishes of Great Hallingbury and Little Hallingbury to Dunmow registration district.	1129 in 1931
1.7.1939	(b)	Lost the parishes of Berden, Birchanger, Elsenham, Farnham, Henham, Manuden, Stansted Mountfitchet, and Ugley, to Saffron Walden registration district.	5852 in 1931
1.10.1939	(c)	Gained the parishes of Anstey, Ardeley, Aspenden, Broadfield, Buckland, Cottered, Hormead, Meesden, Throcking, Westmill, and Wyddial, from Royston registration district.	3835 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Braughing (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Westmill) from Royston registration district.	20 in 1931
	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Braughing (which became part of the parish of Standon on 1.4.1935) to Ware registration district.	43 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Braughing (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Standon) from Ware registration district.	0 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of High Wych (which became part of the parish of Eastwick on 1.4.1935) to Ware registration district.	102 in 1931

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