Bradford on Avon Registration District

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BRADFORD ON AVON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Wiltshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1936 (to become part of Trowbridge registration district).
Sub-districts : Bradford North Western, Bradford on Avon, Bradford South Eastern.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837–51), 5a (1852–1936).
Registers currently held at : Wiltshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Bradford on Avon Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Atworth	Wiltshire	1884	1936	Created 25.3.1885 out of the parishes of Cottles, Great Chalfield, and Little Chalfield. See also Table 2, note (e).
Bradford on Avon	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Bradford Without	Wiltshire	1894	1936	Created 30.9.1894 from the rural part of the parish of Bradford on Avon. Abolished 1.4.1934 to become parts of the parishes of South Wraxall, Trowbridge, Bradford on Avon, Wingfield, Westwood, and Holt. See also Table 2, note (g).
Broughton Gifford	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (e) and (f).
Cottles	Wiltshire	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 to become part of the parish of Atworth.
Freshford	Somerset	1837	1882	See Table 2, note (a).
Great Chalfield	Wiltshire	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 to become part of the parish of Atworth.
Holt	Wiltshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 out of the parish of Bradford Without. See also Table 2, note (e).
Limpley Stoke	Wiltshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 out of the parish of Bradford Without. See also Table 2, note (e).
Little Chalfield	Wiltshire	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 to become part of the parish of Atworth.
Monkton Farleigh	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
South Wraxall	Wiltshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 out of the parish of Bradford Without. See also Table 2, note (e).
Westwood	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Wingfield	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (b), (d) and (e).
Winsley	Wiltshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 out of the parish of Bradford Without. See also Table 2, note (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bradford on Avon Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1883	(a)	Lost the parish of Freshford to Bath registration district.	615 in 1881
24.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Wingfield (which became part of the parish of Farleigh Hungerford on 24.3.1883) to Frome registration district.	312 in 1891
24.3.1883	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Bradford on Avon (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Trowbridge) from Melksham registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1885	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Wingfield (which until 24.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Farleigh Hungerford) from Frome registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1936 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the parishes of Atworth, Bradford on Avon, Broughton Gifford, Holt, Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farleigh, South Wraxall, Westwood, Wingfield, and Winsley, to Trowbridge registration district.	10158 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Broughton Gifford (which became part of the parish of Melksham Within on 1.4.1934) to Trowbridge registration district.	0 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Bradford Without (which became part of the parish of Trowbridge on 1.4.1934) to Trowbridge registration district.	83 in 1931

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