Huntingdon Registration District

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HUNTINGDON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Huntingdonshire (1837–1974), Cambridgeshire (1974–2007).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.2007 (to become part of Cambridgeshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Huntingdon, Ramsey, Ramsey & Warboys, St. Neots, Sawtry, Spaldwick.
GRO volumes : XIV (1837–51), 3b (1852–1946), 4B (1946–74).
Registers currently held at : Cambridgeshire.

Table 1A: List of Places in Huntingdon Registration District (1837–1974)

All the areas in Huntingdon registration district became part of the county of Huntingdon & Peterborough on 1.4.1965.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Abbots Ripton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Abbots Ripton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Abbotsley	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Alconbury	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Alconbury	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Alconbury Weston	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Alconbury Weston	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
All Saints	Huntingdonshire	1837	1911	Abolished 1.10.1911 to become part of the parish of Huntingdon.
Barham	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Barham & Woolley.
Barham & Woolley	Huntingdonshire	1935	1965	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Barham and Woolley.
Barham & Woolley	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Barham and Woolley.
Bluntisham	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Brampton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Brampton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Brington & Molesworth	Huntingdonshire	1936	1965	See Table 2, notes (d) and (i).
Brington & Molesworth	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (i).
Broughton	Huntingdonshire	1956	1965	See Table 2, note (e).
Broughton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Buckden	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Buckworth	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Buckworth	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Bury	Huntingdonshire	1956	1965	See Table 2, note (e).
Bury	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Bythorn & Keyston	Huntingdonshire	1936	1965	See Table 2, notes (d) and (i).
Bythorn & Keyston	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (i).
Catworth	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Colne	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Conington	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Conington	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Coppingford	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Upton & Coppingford.
Covington	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Diddington	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Earith	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Easton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Easton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Ellington	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Ellington	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Eynesbury	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Eynesbury Hardwicke	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Fenstanton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Godmanchester	Huntingdonshire	1837	1961	Abolished 1.4.1961 to become part of the parish of Huntingdon & Godmanchester.
Graffham	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Great Gidding	Huntingdonshire	1936	1965	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Great Gidding	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Great Gransden	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Great Paxton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Great Raveley	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Upwood & The Raveleys.
Great Staughton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Great Stukeley	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of The Stukeleys and Huntingdon.
Hail Weston	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Hamerton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Hamerton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Hartford	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Huntingdon, Houghton & Wyton, and Kings Ripton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Hemingford Abbots	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Hemingford Grey	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Hilton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Holywell cum Needingworth	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Houghton & Wyton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Huntingdon	Huntingdonshire	1921	1961	Created 1.10.1911 from the parishes of St. Mary, St. John, St. Benedict, and All Saints. Abolished 1.4.1961 to become part of the parish of Huntingdon & Godmanchester.
Huntingdon & Godmanchester	Huntingdonshire	1961	1974	Created 1.4.1961 from the parishes of Godmanchester and Huntingdon.
Kimbolton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Kings Ripton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Kings Ripton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Leighton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Leighton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Little Gidding	Huntingdonshire	1936	1965	See Table 2, note (b).
Little Gidding	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Little Paxton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Little Raveley	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Upwood & The Raveleys.
Little Stukeley	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of The Stukeleys.
Offord Cluny	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Offord Darcey	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Old Hurst	Huntingdonshire	1956	1965	See Table 2, note (e).
Old Hurst	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Old Weston	Huntingdonshire	1936	1965	See Table 2, note (d).
Old Weston	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Pidley cum Fenton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Ramsey	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965	See Table 2, note (f).
Ramsey	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
St. Benedict	Huntingdonshire	1837	1911	Abolished 1.10.1911 to become part of the parish of Huntingdon.
St. Ives	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
St. John	Huntingdonshire	1837	1911	Abolished 1.10.1911 to become part of the parish of Huntingdon.
St. Mary	Huntingdonshire	1837	1911	Abolished 1.10.1911 to become part of the parish of Huntingdon.
St. Neots	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
St. Neots Rural	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Sawtry	Huntingdonshire	1935	1965	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Sawtry All Saints & St. Andrew and Sawtry St. Judith.
Sawtry	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Sawtry All Saints	Huntingdonshire	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 to become part of the parish of Sawtry All Saints & St. Andrew.
Sawtry All Saints & St. Andrew	Huntingdonshire	1886	1935	Created 25.3.1886 out of the parishes of Sawtry All Saints and Sawtry St. Andrew. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Sawtry.
Sawtry St. Andrew	Huntingdonshire	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 to become part of the parish of Sawtry All Saints & St. Andrew.
Sawtry St. Judith	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Sawtry.
Somersham	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Southoe & Midloe	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Spaldwick	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Spaldwick	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Steeple Gidding	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Steeple Gidding	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Stow Longa	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Tetworth	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
The Stukeleys	Huntingdonshire	1935	1965	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley.
The Stukeleys	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Tilbrook	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Toseland	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Upton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Upton & Coppingford.
Upton & Coppingford	Huntingdonshire	1935	1965	Created 1.4.1935 out of the separate parishes of Upton and Coppingford.
Upton & Coppingford	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Upwood	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Upwood & The Raveleys. See also Table 2, note (a).
Upwood & The Raveleys	Huntingdonshire	1935	1965	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Upwood, Great Raveley, and Little Raveley.
Upwood & The Raveleys	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Warboys	Huntingdonshire	1956	1965	See Table 2, note (e).
Warboys	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Waresley	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).
Winwick	Huntingdonshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (h) and (k).
Wistow	Huntingdonshire	1956	1965	See Table 2, note (e).
Wistow	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Woodhurst	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1968	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Wood Walton	Huntingdonshire	1837	1965
Wood Walton	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1965	1974
Woolley	Huntingdonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Barham & Woolley.
Yelling	Huntingdon & Peterborough	1970	1974	See Table 2, note (m).

Table 1B: List of Places in Huntingdon Registration District (1974–2007)

All the areas in Huntingdon registration district became part of the county of Cambridgeshire on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Abbots Ripton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Abbotsley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Alconbury	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Alconbury Weston	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Barham & Woolley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Bluntisham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Brampton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Brington & Molesworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Broughton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Buckden	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Buckworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Bury	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Bythorn & Keyston	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Catworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Colne	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Conington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Covington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Diddington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Earith	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Easton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Ellington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Eynesbury Hardwicke	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (n) and (q).
Fenstanton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Godmanchester	Cambridgeshire	1982	2007	Created 1.4.1982 out of the parish of Huntingdon & Godmanchester. See also Table 2, note (q).
Graffham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Great Gidding	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Great Gransden	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Great Paxton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Great Staughton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Hail Weston	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Hamerton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Hemingford Abbots	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Hemingford Grey	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Hilton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Holywell cum Needingworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Houghton & Wyton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Huntingdon	Cambridgeshire	1982	2007	Created 1.4.1982 out of the parish of Huntingdon & Godmanchester. See also Table 2, note (q).
Huntingdon & Godmanchester	Cambridgeshire	1974	1982	Abolished 1.4.1982 and divided into the separate parishes of Godmanchester and Huntingdon. See Table 2, note (q).
Kimbolton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Kings Ripton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Leighton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Little Gidding	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Little Paxton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Offord Cluny	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Offord Darcey	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Old Hurst	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Old Weston	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Pidley cum Fenton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Ramsey	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Saint Ives	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
St. Neots	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (o), (p) and (q).
St. Neots Rural	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Sawtry	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Somersham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Southoe & Midloe	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Spaldwick	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Steeple Gidding	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Stow Longa	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Tetworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
The Stukeleys	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Tilbrook	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Toseland	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Upton & Coppingford	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Upwood & The Raveleys	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Warboys	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Waresley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Winwick	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Wistow	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Wood Walton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Woodhurst	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).
Yelling	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, note (q).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Huntingdon Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1884	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Upwood (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Bury, including Bury New Fen) from St. Ives registration district.	40 in 1891
1.7.1936	(b)	Gained the parishes of Great Gidding, Little Gidding, and Winwick, from Oundle registration district.	440 in 1931
	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Hartford (which became part of the parish of Houghton & Wyton on 1.4.1935) to St. Ives registration district.	17 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parishes of Brington & Molesworth, Bythorn & Keyston, and Old Weston, from Thrapston registration district.	637 in 1931
1.4.1956	(e)	Gained the parishes of Broughton, Bury, Old Hurst, Warboys, and Wistow, from St. Ives registration district.
1.4.1965	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Ramsey (which became part of the parish of Benwick on 1.4.1965) to March registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Great Gidding (whch became part of the parish of Luddington on 1.4.1965) to Oundle registration district.
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Winwick (whch became part of the parish of Barnwell on 1.4.1965) to Oundle registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Brington & Molesworth (which until 1.4.1965 formed of the parish of Clopton) from Thrapston registration district.
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Bythorn & Keyston (which became part of the parish of Titchmarsh on 1.4.1965) to Thrapston registration district.
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Winwick (which became part of the parish of Clopton on 1.4.1965) to Thrapston registration district.
1.1.1968	(l)	Gained the parishes of Bluntisham, Colne, Earith, Fenstanton, Hemingford Abbots, Hemingford Grey, Hilton, Holywell cum Needingworth, Houghton & Wyton, Pidley cum Fenton, Saint Ives, Somersham, and Woodhurst, from St. Ives registration district.
1.4.1970	(m)	Gained the parishes of Abbotsley, Buckden, Catworth, Covington, Diddington, Eynesbury, Eynesbury Hardwicke, Graffham, Great Gransden, Great Paxton, Great Staughton, Hail Weston, Kimbolton, Little Paxton, Offord Cluny, Offord Darcey, St. Neots, St. Neots Rural, Stow Longa, Tetworth, Tilbrook, Toseland, Waresley, and Yelling, from St. Neots registration district.
1.4.1991	(n)	Lost part of the parish of Eynesbury Hardwicke (which became part of the parish of Little Barford on 1.4.1991) to Bedford registration district.
	(o)	Gained part of the parish of St. Neots (which until 1.4.1991 formed part of the parish of Roxton) from Bedford registration district.
	(p)	Lost part of the parish of St. Neots (which became part of the parish of Staploe on 1.4.1991) to Bedford registration district.
1.10.2007 (abolished)	(q)	Lost the constituent parishes of Abbots Ripton, Abbotsley, Alconbury, Alconbury Weston, Barham & Woolley, Bluntisham, Brampton, Brington & Molesworth, Broughton, Buckden, Buckworth, Bury, Bythorn & Keyston, Catworth, Colne, Conington, Covington, Diddington, Earith, Easton, Ellington, Eynesbury Hardwicke, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Graffham, Great Gidding, Great Gransden, Great Paxton, Great Staughton, Hail Weston, Hamerton, Hemingford Abbots, Hemingford Grey, Hilton, Holywell cum Needingworth, Houghton & Wyton, Huntingdon, Kimbolton, Kings Ripton, Leighton, Little Gidding, Little Paxton, Offord Cluny, Offord Darcey, Old Hurst, Old Weston, Pidley cum Fenton, Ramsey, Saint Ives, Sawtry, Somersham, Southoe & Midloe, Spaldwick, St. Neots, St. Neots Rural, Steeple Gidding, Stow Longa, Tetworth, The Stukeleys, Tilbrook, Toseland, Upton & Coppingford, Upwood & The Raveleys, Warboys, Waresley, Winwick, Wistow, Wood Walton, Woodhurst, and Yelling, to Cambridgeshire registration district.

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