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REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

For the purposes of these pages, "Cambridgeshire" 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

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

1974

2007

Created 1.4.1974 by renaming Cambridgeshire registration district. Abolished 1.10.2007 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

1935

1974

Created 1.4.1935 out of Cambridge, Chesterton, Newmarket, Linton, Royston Caxton, St. Ives and St. Neots registration districts. Renamed 1.4.1974  to become Cambridge registration district.

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

2007

 

Created 1.10.2007 from Cambridge, Ely, Fenland and Huntingdon registration districts.

Caxton

Cambridgeshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Cambridgeshire and St. Neots registration districts.

Chesterton

Cambridgeshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.

Downham

Norfolk

1837

1935

Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.

Ely

Cambridgeshire

1837

2007

Abolished 1.10.2007 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.

Fenland

Cambridgeshire

1980

2007

Created 1.10.1980 out Wisbech, Peterborough and March registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2007 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.

Huntingdon

Cambridgeshire

1974

2007

Transferred from Huntingdonshire on 1.4.1974. Abolished 1.10.2007 and added to Cambridgeshire registration district.

Linton

Cambridgeshire

1837

1935

Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Cambridgeshire and Saffron Walden registration districts.

March

Cambridgeshire

1938

1980

Created 1.4.1938 out of North Witchford and Wisbech registration districts. Abolished 1.7.1980 and added to Fenland registration district.

Newmarket

Cambridgeshire

1837

1935

Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.

North Witchford

Cambridgeshire

1837

1938

Abolished 1.4.1938 and added to March registration district.

Peterborough

Northamptonshire

1837

1933

Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.1.1934.

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

1974

 

Transferred from Huntingdonshire on 1.4.1974.

Risbridge

Suffolk

1837

1889

Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1889.

Royston

Hertfordshire

1837

1935

Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.

St. Ives

Huntingdonshire

1837

1935

Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.

St. Neots

Huntingdonshire

1837

1935

Partly in Cambridgeshire until 1.4.1935.

Whittlesey

Cambridgeshire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Peterborough registration district.

Wisbech

Cambridgeshire

1837

1980

Abolished 1.7.1980 and added to Fenland registration district.


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