Axbridge Registration District

AXBRIDGE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Somerset.
Created : 1.4.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1936 (to become part of Weston super Mare registration district).
Sub-districts : Axbridge, Banwell, Blagdon, Burnham, Wedmore, Weston super Mare.
GRO volumes : X (1837–51), 5c (1852–1936).
Registers currently held at : Somerset.

Table 1: List of Places in Axbridge Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Axbridge	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Badgworth	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Banwell	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Berrow	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Biddisham	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Badgworth.
Blagdon	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Bleadon	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Brean	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Brent Knoll	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Burnham	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Burnham on Sea.
Burnham on Sea	Somerset	1933	1936	Created 1.4.1933 out of the parishes of Burnham, Highbridge North, and HIghbridge South. See also Table 2, note (e).
Burnham Without	Somerset	1896	1936	Created 1.10.1896 out of the parish of Highbridge. See also Table 2, note (e).
Burrington	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Butcombe	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Chapel Allerton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Charterhouse	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become parts of the parishes of Blagdon and Cheddar.
Cheddar	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Christon	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Loxton.
Churchill	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Compton Bishop	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Congresbury	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
East Brent	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Highbridge	Somerset	1894	1896	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Burnham. Abolished 1.10.1896 to become parts of the parishes of Highbridge North, Burnham Without, and Burnham.
Highbridge North	Somerset	1896	1933	Created 1.10.1896 out of the parish of Highbridge. Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Burnham on Sea.
Highbridge South	Somerset	1897	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Burnham on Sea. See also Table 2, note (d).
Hutton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Kewstoke	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Locking	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Loxton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Lympsham	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Mark	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Nyland cum Batcombe	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Cheddar. See also Table 2, note (c).
Puxton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Rowberrow	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Shipham.
Shipham	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Steep Holme Island	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Uphill	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Weston super Mare.
Weare	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Wedmore	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Weston super Mare	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Wick St. Lawrence	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Winscombe	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Worle	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become parts of the parishes of Weston super Mare, Locking, and Kewstoke.
Wrington	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Axbridge Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1885	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Blagdon, including part of the tything of Regilbury (which became part of the parish of Winford on 25.3.1885) to Bedminster registration district.	19 in 1891
	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Cheddar, including the hamlet of Draycot (which became part of the parish of Rodney Stoke on 25.3.1885) to Wells registration district.	307 in 1891
	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Nyland with Batcombe (which became part of the parish of Rodney Stoke on 25.3.1885) to Wells registration district.	0 in 1891
1.3.1897	(d)	Gained the parish of Highbridge South from Bridgwater registration district.	515 in 1891
1.4.1936	(e)	Lost the constituent parishes of Axbridge, Badgworth, Banwell, Berrow, Blagdon, Bleadon, Brean, Brent Knoll, Burnham on Sea, Burnham Without, Burrington, Butcombe, Chapel Allerton, Cheddar, Churchill, Compton Bishop, Congresbury, East Brent, Hutton, Kewstoke, Locking, Loxton, Lympsham, Mark, Puxton, Shipham, Steep Holme Island, Weare, Wedmore, Weston super Mare, Wick St. Lawrence, Winscombe, and Wrington, to Weston super Mare registration district.	61349 in 1931

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