Petersfield Registration District

PETERSFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hampshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.2008 (added to Hampshire registration district).
Sub-districts : East Meon; Petersfield.
GRO volumes : VII (1837–51); 2c (1852–1946); 6B (1946–74); 20 (1974–92).
District number : 65b (1841–46); 112 (1847–69); 103 (1870–80); 104 (1881–1908); 106 (1909–46); 307 (1946–74); 496 (1974–2008).

Table 1: List of Places in Petersfield Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bramshott	Hampshire	1869	1974	In 1894 the part in West Sussex (which until 1.4.1889 had been part of Sussex) became part of the parish of Rogate, so that thereafter Bramshott was entirely in Hampshire. Renamed 24.4.1974 to become the parish of Bramshott & Liphook. See also Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (e).
	Sussex	1869	1889
	West Sussex	1889	1894
Bramshott & Liphook	Hampshire	1974	2008	Created 24.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Bramshott. See also Table 2, notes (i), (j) and (k).
Buriton	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (k).
Clanfield	Hampshire	1932	2008	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Colemore	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Colemore & Priors Dean.
Colemore & Priors Dean	Hampshire	1932	2008	Created 1.4.1932 out of the parishes of Priors Dean and Colemore. See also Table 2, note (k).
East Meon	Hampshire	1974	2008	Created 24.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Eastmeon. See also Table 2, note (k).
Eastmeon	Hampshire	1837	1974	Renamed 24.4.1974 to become the parish of East Meon.
Empshott	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Hawkley.
Froxfield	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (k).
Grayshott	Hampshire	1932	1932	That part which until 1.4.1932 formed part of the parish of Bramshott. See also Table 2, note (e).
Greatham	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (d), (j) and (k).
Hawkley	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (i) and (k).
Horndean	Hampshire	1932	2008	See Table 2, notes (f) and (k).
Langrish	Hampshire	1894	2008	Created 1894 out of the parish of East Meon. See also Table 2, note (k).
Liss	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (k).
Petersfield	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (k).
Priors Dean	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Colemore & Priors Dean.
Privett	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Froxfield.
Rogate	Hampshire	1894	1895	That part which until 1894 formed the West Sussex part of the parish of Bramshott. See also Table 2, note (c).
Rowlands Castle	Hampshire	1932	2008	Created 1.4.1932 out of the parishes of Norh Havant, Idsworth, Warblington, Blendworth, Bedhampton and Chalton. See also Table 2, notes (f). (g), (h) and (k).
Sheet	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and divided between the parishes of Petersfield, Steep and Burton.
Steep	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Stroud	Hampshire	1994	2008	Created 1.4.1994 out of the parishes of Langrish and Petersfield. See also Table 2, note (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Petersfield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1869	(a)	Gained the parish of Bramshott from Farnborough registration district.	1367 in 1861
25.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Steep (which was added to the parish of Chithurst on 25.3.1883) to Midhurst registration district.	0 in 1891
1.6.1895	(c)	Lost the part in the parish of Rogate (which until 1894 formed the West Sussex part of the parish of Bramshott) to Midhurst registration district.	11 in 1891
1.4.1929	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Greatham (which was added to the parish of Whitehill on 1.4.1929) to Alton registration district.	567 in 1921
1.10.1932	(e)	Lost the part in the parish of Grayshott (which until 1.4.1932 formed part of the parish of Bramshott) to Alton registration district.	20 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Rowlands Castle (which until 1.4.1932 formed the parish of Idsworth and parts of the parishes of Blendworth and Chalton) and the parishes of Clanfield and Horndean, from Catherington registration district.	3374 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Rowlands Castle (which until 1.4.1932 formed parts of the parishes of Bedhampton, North Havant and Warblington) from Havant registration district.	883 in 1931
1.4.1952	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Rowlands Castle (which was added to the parish of Havant on 1.4.1952) to Gosport registration district.	2745 in 1951
1.4.1982	(i)	Lost parts of the parishes of Bramshott & Liphook and Hawkley (which became parts of the parishes of Grayshott, Headley and Selborne on 1.4.1982) to Alton registration district.	n/a
1.4.1982	(j)	Gained parts of the parishes of Bramshott & Liphook and Greatham (which until 1.4.1982 formed parts of the parish of Whitehill) from Alton registration district.	n/a
1.4.2008 (abolished)	(k)	Lost the parishes of Bramshott & Liphook, Buriton, Clanfield, Colemore & Priors Dean, East Meon, Froxfield, Greatham, Hawkley, Horndean, Langrish, Liss, Petersfield, Rowlands Castle, Steep and Stroud, to Hampshire registration district.	53324 in 2001

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