Biggleswade Registration District

BIGGLESWADE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Bedfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.5.1999 (to become part of Bedfordshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Biggleswade, Potton, Stotfold.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 3b (1851–1946), 4A (1946–74), 9 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Central Bedfordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Biggleswade Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Arlesey	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, notes (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h).
Astwick	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Biggleswade	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Blunham	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Campton	Bedfordshire	1837	1985	Abolished 1.4.1985 to become part of the parish of Campton & Chicksands.
Campton & Chicksands	Bedfordshire	1985	1999	Created 1.4.1985 from the parish of Campton and part of the parish of Chicksands. See also Table 2, note (h).
Chicksands	Bedfordshire	1937	1985	Created 1937 by renaming the parish of Chicksands. Abolished 1.4.1985 to become parts of the parishes of Campton & Chicksands and Haynes. See also Table 2, note (f).
Chicksands Priory	Bedfordshire	1837	1937	Abolished 1937 to become the parish of Chicksands.
Clifton	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Cockayne Hatley	Bedfordshire	1837	1985	Abolished 1.4.1985 to become part of the parish of Wrestlingworth & Cockayne Hatley.
Dunton	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Edworth	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Everton	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Eyeworth	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Henlow	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Langford	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Meppershall	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Hertfordshire part of the parish of Meppershall became part of Bedfordshire, so that thereafter Meppershall was wholly in Bedfordshire. See also Table 2, note (h).
Meppershall	Bedfordshire	1844	1999
Mogerhanger	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Northill	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Old Warden	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Potton	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Sandy	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Shefford	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Shefford Hardwick	Bedfordshire	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Shefford.
Southill	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Stotfold	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, notes (e) and (h).
Sutton	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Tempsford	Bedfordshire	1837	1999	See Table 2, note (h).
Upper Stondon	Bedfordshire	1837	1985	Abolished 1.4.1985 to become part of the parish of Stondon. See also Table 2, note (g).
Wrestlingworth	Bedfordshire	1837	1985	Abolished 1.4.1985 to become part of the parish of Wrestlingworth & Cockayne Hatley.
Wrestlingworth & Cockayne Hatley	Bedfordshire	1985	1999	Created 1.4.1985 from the parishes of Cockayne Hatley and Wrestlingworth. See also Table 2, note (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Biggleswade Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
13.8.1947	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Arlesey (which became part of the parish of Ickleford and the county of Hertfordshire on 13.8.1947) to Hitchin registration district.
13.8.1947	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Arlesey (which until 13.8.1947 formed part of the parish of Ickleford and the county of Hertfordshire) from Hitchin registration district.
28.9.1956	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Arlesey (which became part of the parish of Ickleford and the county of Hertfordshire on 28.9.1956) to Hitchin registration district.
28.9.1956	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Arlesey (which until 28.9.1956 formed part of the parish of Ickleford and the county of Hertfordshire) from Hitchin registration district.
1.4.1965	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Stotfold (which became part of the parish of Letchworth and the county of Hertfordshire on 1.4.1965) to Hitchin registration district.
1.4.1985	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Chicksands (which became part of the parish of Haynes on 1.4.1985) to Ampthill registration district.
1.4.1985	(g)	Lost part the parish of Upper Stondon (which became part of the parish of Stondon on 1.4.1985) to Ampthill registration district.
1.5.1999 (abolished)	(h)	Lost the constituent parishes of Arlesey, Astwick, Biggleswade, Blunham, Campton & Chicksands, Clifton, Dunton, Edworth, Everton, Eyeworth, Henlow, Langford, Meppershall, Mogerhanger, Northill, Old Warden, Potton, Sandy, Shefford, Southill, Stotfold, Sutton, Tempsford, and Wrestlingworth & Cockayne Hatley, to Bedfordshire registration district.

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