Dulverton Registration District

DULVERTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Somerset.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 15.1.1838 (incorporated into Tiverton registration district).
Re-created : 1.1.1855 (out of Tiverton registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1936 (incorporated into Exmoor registration district).
Sub district : Dulverton.
GRO volumes : X (1837), 5c (1855–1936).
Registers now held by : West Somerset and Devon.

Table 1A: List of Places in Dulverton Registration District (1837–38)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Brompton Regis	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Brushford	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Dulverton	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Exford	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Exmoor	Somerset	1837	1838	Excluding the part of Exmoor in Barnstaple registration district. See also Table 2, note (a).
Exton	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Hawkridge	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Huish Champflower	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Skilgate	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Upton	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Winsford	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).
Withypool	Somerset	1837	1838	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 1B: List of Places in Dulverton Registration District (1855–1936)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Brompton Regis	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Brushford	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Dulverton	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Exford	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Exmoor	Somerset	1855	1862	Excluding the part of Exmoor in Barnstaple registration district. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Exmoor	Somerset	1896	1936	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
Exton	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Hawkridge	Somerset	1855	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Withypool. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Huish Champflower	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b), (e) and (i).
Morebath	Devon	1862	1896	See Table 2, notes (b), (c) and (f).
Skilgate	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Upton	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Winsford	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).
Withiel Florey	Somerset	1897	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Brompton Regis. See also Table 2, note (h).
Withypool	Somerset	1855	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dulverton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
15.1.1838 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the constituent parishes of Brompton Regis, Brushford, Dulverton, Exford, Exmoore (part), Exton, Hawkridge, Huish Champflower, Morebath, Skilgate, Upton, Winsford, and Withypool, to Tiverton registration district.	5647 in 1841
1.1.1855 (re-created)	(b)	Gained the parishes of Brompton Regis, Brushford, Dulverton, Exford, Exton, Hawkridge, Huish Champflower, Morebath, Skilgate, Upton, Winsford, and Withypool, together with the Somerset part of Exmoor, from Tiverton registration district.	6023 in 1851
24.1.1862	(c)	Gained the parish of Morebath from Tiverton registration district.	430 in 1861
26.2.1862	(d)	Lost the Somerset part of the parish of Exmoor to South Molton registration district.	323 in 1861
24.3.1884	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Huish Champflower (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Chipstable, including Chitcombe and Withy) from Wellington registration district.	14 in 1891
31.3.1896	(f)	Lost the parish of Morebath to Tiverton registration district.	449 in 1891
1.8.1896	(g)	Gained the parish of Exmoor from South Molton registration district.	269 in 1891
1.10.1897	(h)	Gained the parish of Withiel Florey from Williton registration district.	114 in 1891
1.4.1936 (abolished)	(i)	Lost the constituent parishes of Brompton Regis, Brushford, Dulverton, Exford, Exmoor, Exton, Huish Champflower, Skilgate, Upton, Winsford, and Withypool, to Exmoor registration district.	4872 in 1931

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