Swindon Registration District

SWINDON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Wiltshire
Created : 1.5.1899 (by renaming Highworth registration district).
Sub-districts : Cricklade & Highworth, Highworth, Swindon, Swindon Borough, Wroughton.
GRO volumes : 5a (1899–1946), 7C (1946–74), 23 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Wiltshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Swindon Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Ashton Keynes	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Bishopstone	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Blunsdon St. Andrew	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Braydon	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Broad Town	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Castle Eaton	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Chiseldon	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Clyffe Pypard	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Covingham	Wiltshire	1983		Created 1.4.1983 out of the parishes of Stratton St. Margaret and Wanborough.
Cricklade	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Hannington	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Haydon Wick	Wiltshire	1928		Created 1.10.1928 out of the parish of Rodbourne Cheney.
Highworth	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Inglesham	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Latton	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Leigh	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Liddington	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Little Hinton	Wiltshire	1899	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Bishopstone. See also Table 2, note (a).
Lydiard Millicent	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Lydiard Tregoze	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Lyneham	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Marston Maisey	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Purton	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Rodbourne Cheney	Wiltshire	1899	1928	Abolished 1.10.1928 to become parts of the parishes of Swindon and Haydon Wick.
South Marston	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Stanton Fitzwarren	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Stratton St. Margaret	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Swindon	Wiltshire	1899	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Swindon	Wiltshire	1974	1974	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Swindon.
Tockenham	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Wanborough	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, note (a).
Wootton Bassett	Wiltshire	1936		See Table 2, note (c).
Wroughton	Wiltshire	1899		See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Swindon Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.5.1899 (created)	(a)	Gained the constituent parishes of Bishopstone, Blunsdon St. Andrew, Castle Eaton, Chiseldon, Hannington, Highworth, Inglesham, Liddington, Little Hinton, Rodbourne Cheney, South Marston, Stanton Fitzwarren, Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, Wanborough, and Wroughton, from Highworth registration district.	47310 in 1891
1.10.1928	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Swindon (which until 1.10.1928 formed parts of the parishes of Lydiard Millicent) from Cricklade registration district.	0 in 1921
1.4.1936	(c)	Gained the parishes of Ashton Keynes, Braydon, Broad Town, Clyffe Pypard, Cricklade, Latton, Leigh, Lydiard Millicent, Lydiard Tregoze, Lyneham, Marston Meysey, Purton, Tockenham, and Wootton Bassett, from Cricklade registration district.	11353 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Blunsdon St. Andrew (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Cricklade) from Cricklade registration district.	21 in 1931
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Wroughton (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Lydiard Tregoze) from Cricklade registration district.	0 in 1931

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