Newmarket Registration District

NEWMARKET REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cambridgeshire (1837–1938), West Suffolk (1938–74).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Bottisham, Burwell, Cheveley, Gazeley, Haverhill, Moulton, Newmarket, Soham.
GRO volumes : XIV (1837–51), 3b (1852–1938), 4a (1939–1946), 4B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Cambridgeshire (Cambridge) and Suffolk (Bury St. Edmunds).

Table 1: List of Places in Newmarket Registration District

All the Suffolk parishes in Newmarket registration district became part of the new county of West Suffolk on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ashley cum Silverley	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Barnardiston	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Barton Mills	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Bottisham	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Brandon	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Brinkley	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Burrough Green	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Burwell	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Cavendish	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Cavenham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Cheveley	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Chippenham	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Clare	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Cowlinge	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Dalham	Suffolk	1837	1889
Dalham	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Denston	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Depden	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Dullingham	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Elveden	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Eriswell	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Exning	Suffolk	1837	1889
Exning	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Fordham	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Freckenham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Gazeley	Suffolk	1837	1889
Gazeley	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Great Bradley	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Great Thurlow	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Great Wratting	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Haverhill	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Hawkedon	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Herringswell	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Higham	West Suffolk	1894	1974	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parish of Gazeley.
Hundon	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Icklingham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Isleham	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Kedington	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Kennett	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Kentford	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Kirtling	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Lakenheath	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Landwade	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Lidgate	Suffolk	1837	1889
Lidgate	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Little Bradley	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Little Thurlow	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Little Wratting	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Lode	Cambridgeshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 out of the parish of Bottisham. See also Table 2, note (c).
Mildenhall	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Monks Risbridge	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Moulton	Suffolk	1837	1889
Moulton	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Newmarket All Saints	Cambridgeshire	1837	1889	Transferred from Cambridgeshire to West Suffolk on 1.4.1889.
Newmarket All Saints	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Newmarket St. Mary	Cambridgeshire	1837	1889	Transferred from Cambridgeshire to West Suffolk on 1.4.1889.
Newmarket St. Mary	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Ousden	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (a).
Ousden	West Suffolk	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Poslingford	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Santon Downham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Snailwell	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Soham	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Stansfield	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Stetchworth	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Stoke by Clare	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Stradishall	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Swaffham Bulbeck	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Swaffham Prior	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Tuddenham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Wangford	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Westley Waterless	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Wicken	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Wickhambrook	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Withersfield	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Wixoe	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Woodditton	Cambridgeshire	1837	1889	In 1889 the part of the parish of Woodditton in the urban district of Newmarket became part of West Suffolk, and on 1.10.1895 this area became part of the parish of Newmarket All Saints, so that therafter Woodditton was again wholly in Cambridgeshire. See also Table 2, note (c).
	Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk	1889	1895
	Cambridgeshire	1895	1935
Worlington	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Newmarket Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1884	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Ousden, including Little Ousden (which became part of the parish of Hargrave on 24.3.1884) to Thingoe registration district.	8 in 1891
25.3.1885	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Brinkley, including the hamlet of Norney (which became part of the parish of Carlton on 25.3.1885) to Linton registration district.	11 in 1891
1.4.1935	(c)	Lost the parishes of Ashley cum Silverley, Bottisham, Brinkley, Burrough Green, Burwell, Cheveley, Chippenham, Dullingham, Fordham, Isleham, Kennett, Kirtling, Landwade, Lode, Snailwell, Soham, Stetchworth, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior, Westley Waterless, Wicken, and Woodditton, to Cambridgeshire registration district.	18878 in 1931
1.7.1938	(d)	Gained the parish of Depden from Bury St. Edmunds registration district.	180 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Barton Mills, Cavenham, Elveden, Eriswell, Freckenham, Herringswell, Icklingham, Kentford, Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Tuddenham, Wangford, and Worlington, from Mildenhall registration district.	7815 in 1931
	(f)	Gained the parishes of Barnardiston, Clare, Cowlinge, Denston, Great Bradley, Great Thurlow, Great Wratting, Haverhill, Hundon, Kedington, Little Bradley, Little Thurlow, Little Wratting, Monks Risbridge, Poslingford, Stansfield, Stoke by Clare, Stradishall, Wickhambrook, Withersfield, and Wixoe, from Risbridge registration district.	10786 in 1931
	(g)	Gained the parishes of Cavendish and Hawkedon from Sudbury registration district.	893 in 1931
	(h)	Gained the parishes of Brandon and Santon Downham from Thetford registration district.	2780 in 1931

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