Sudbury Registration District

SUDBURY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Suffolk.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub districts: Bulmer, Bures, Hadleigh, Harest, Melford, Sudbury
GRO volumes: XII (1837–51), 4a (1852–1946), 4B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Suffolk (Sudbury) and Essex (Braintree).

Table 1: List of Places in Sudbury Registration District

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

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Acton	Suffolk	1837	1889
Acton	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Aldham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Alphamstone	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Alpheton	Suffolk	1837	1889
Alpheton	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Assington	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Assington	West Suffolk	1889	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Ballingdon cum Brundon	Essex	1837	1889
Ballingdon cum Brundon	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Belchamp Otten	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Belchamp St. Paul	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (h) and (l).
Belchamp Walter	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Bildeston	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Borley	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Boxford	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Boxted	Suffolk	1837	1889
Boxted	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Brent Eleigh	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Brettenham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Bulmer	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (c), (d) and (l).
Bures	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Bures St. Mary	Suffolk	1837	1889
Bures St. Mary	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Cavendish	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (e) and (m).
Cavendish	West Suffolk	1889	1938	See Table 2, notes (e) and (m).
Chelsworth	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Chilton	Suffolk	1837	1889
Chilton	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Cockfield	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Edwardstone	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Elmsett	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Foxearth	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Gestingthorpe	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Glemsford	Suffolk	1837	1889
Glemsford	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Great Cornard	Suffolk	1837	1889
Great Cornard	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Great Henny	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Great Waldingfield	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (g).
Great Waldingfield	West Suffolk	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Groton	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Hadleigh	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Hartest	Suffolk	1837	1889
Hartest	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Hawkedon	Suffolk	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (m).
Hitcham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Kersey	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Kettlebaston	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Lamarsh	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Lavenham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Lawshall	Suffolk	1837	1889
Lawshall	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Layham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Leavenheath	West Suffolk	1952	1974	Created 1.4.1952 out of the parishes of Stoke by Nayland, Nayland with Wissington, Assington, and Polstead.
Lindsey	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Liston	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Little Cornard	Suffolk	1837	1889
Little Cornard	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Little Henny	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Little Waldingfield	Suffolk	1837	1889
Little Waldingfield	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Long Melford	Suffolk	1837	1889
Long Melford	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Middleton	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Milden	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Monks Eleigh	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Nayland	Suffolk	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Nayland with Wissington.
Nayland with Wissington	Suffolk	1884	1889	Created 24.3.1884 out of the parishes of Nayland and Wissington.
Nayland with Wissington	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Nedging with Naughton	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Newton	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (j).
Newton	West Suffolk	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (j).
North Wood	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Pentlow	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Polstead	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Preston	West Suffolk	1938	1957	Abolished 1957 and renamed Preston St. Mary. See also Table 2, note (i).
Preston St. Mary	West Suffolk	1957	1974	Created 1957 by renaming the parish of Preston.
Semer	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Shimpling	Suffolk	1837	1889
Shimpling	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Somerton	Suffolk	1837	1889
Somerton	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Stanstead	Suffolk	1837	1889
Stanstead	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Stoke by Nayland	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Stoke by Nayland	West Suffolk	1889	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Sudbury	Suffolk	1837	1889
Sudbury	West Suffolk	1889	1974
Sudbury St. Bartholomew	Suffolk	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Sudbury and Long Melford.
Sudbury St. Bartholomew	West Suffolk	1889	1935
Thorpe Morieux	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Twinstead	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Wattisham	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Whatfield	West Suffolk	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (i).
Wickham St. Paul	Essex	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (l).
Wissington	Suffolk	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Nayland with Wissington.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Sudbury Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1884	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Assington (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Polstead, including Dyers Farm) from Cosford registration district.	5 in 1891
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Stoke by Nayland (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Polstead, including Heath Farm) from Cosford registration district.	2 in 1891
	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Bures, including the Thatchers Arms, etc. (which became part of the parish of Mount Bures on 24.3.1884) to Lexden registration district.	0 in 1891
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Bures (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Mount Bures, including part of Heards Road) from Lexden registration district.	0 in 1891
	(e)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Cavendish, comprising Hermitage Farm (which became part of the parish of Clare on 24.3.1884) to Risbridge registration district.	6 in 1891
25.3.1885	(f)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Assington (which became part of the parish of Boxford on 25.3.1885) to Cosford registration district.	0 in 1891
25.3.1885	(g)	Lost two detached parts of the parish of Great Waldingfield (which became part of the parishes of Edwardstone and Groton on 25.3.1885) to Cosford registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1888	(h)	Lost two detached parts of the parish of Belchamp St. Paul (which became part of the parishes of Little Yeldham and Tilbury juxta Clare on 24.3.1888) to Halstead registration district.	0 in 1891
1.7.1938	(i)	Gained the parishes of Aldham, Bildeston, Boxford, Brent Eleigh, Brettenham, Chelsworth, Cockfield, Edwardstone, Elmsett, Groton, Hadleigh, Hitcham, Kersey, Kettlebaston, Lavenham, Layham, Lindsey, Milden, Monks Eleigh, Nedging with Naughton, Polstead, Preston, Semer, Thorpe Morieux, Wattisham, and Whatfield, from Cosford registration district.	13138 in 1931
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Newton (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Boxford) from Cosford registration district.	16 in 1931
	(k)	Gained part of the parish of Stoke by Nayland (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Polstead) from Cosford registration district.	4 in 1931
	(l)	Lost the parishes of Alphamstone, Belchamp Otton, Belchamp St. Paul, Belchamp Walter, Borley, Bulmer, Bures, Foxearth, Gestingthorpe, Great Henny, Lamarsh, Liston, Little Henny, Middleton, North Wood, Pentlow, Twinstead, and Wickham St. Paul, to Halstead registration district.	3982 in 1931
	(m)	Lost the parishes of Cavendish and Hawkedon to Newmarket registration district.	893 in 1931

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