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REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN HERTFORDSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Hertfordshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

For the purposes of these pages, "Hertfordshire " refers to:

Click on a district name in the table below to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.

 

Registration District

Registration County

From

To

Comments

Amersham

Buckinghamshire

1837

1844

Partly in Hertfordshire until 20.10.1844.

Barnet

Hertfordshire

1837

1851

Transferred to the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965.

Middlesex

1852

1946

Hertfordshire

1946

1965

Berkhampstead

Hertfordshire

1837

1939

Abolished 1.10.1939 and added to Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead registration districts.

Berkhamsted

Hertfordshire

1939

1974

Created 1.10.1939 renaming of Berkhampstead registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Dacorum registration district.

Biggleswade

Bedfordshire

1837

1844

Partly in Hertfordshire until 20.10.1844.

Bishop's Stortford

Hertfordshire

1837

2008

Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.

Broxbourne

Hertfordshire

1974

2008

Created 1.4.1974 out of Ware registration district. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.

Buntingford

Hertfordshire

1837

1838

Abolished 15.1.1838 and added to Royston registration district.

Dacorum

Hertfordshire

1974

2008

Created 1.4.1974 out of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Watford and St. Albans registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.

Edmonton

Middlesex

1837

1939

Partly in Hertfordshire until 1.10.1939.

Elstree & Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

1965

1996

Created 1.4.1965 out of Barnet and Wood Green registration districts. Abolished 1.3.1996 and added to Watford registration district.

Hatfield

Hertfordshire

1837

2008

Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Dacorum registration district.

Hertford

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Hertford & Ware and Stevenage registration districts.

Hertford & Ware

Hertfordshire

1974

2008

Created 1.4.1974 out of Hertford and Ware registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

2008

 

Created 1.4.2008 from Bishop's Stortford, Broxbourne, Dacorum, Hatfield, Hertford & Ware, Hitchin & Stevenage, St. Albans and Watford registration districts.

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

1837

1996

Abolished 1.3.1996 and added to Hitchin & Stevenage registration district.

Hitchin & Stevenage

Hertfordshire

1996

2008

Created 1.3.1996 from Hitchin and Stevenage registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.

Luton

Bedfordshire

1837

1897

Partly in Hertfordshire until 30.9.1897.

Royston

Hertfordshire

1837

1939

Abolished 1.10.1939 and divided between Hitchin and Bishop's Stortford registration districts.

St. Albans

Hertfordshire

1837

2008

Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.

Stevenage

Hertfordshire

1974

1996

Created 1.4.1974 out of Hitchin and Hertford registration districts. Abolished 1.3.1996 and added to Hitchin & Stevenage registration district.

Ware

Hertfordshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Broxbourne and Hertford & Ware registration districts.

Watford

Hertfordshire

1837

2008

Abolished 1.4.2008 and added to Hertfordshire registration district.


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