Dunstable Registration District

DUNSTABLE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Bedfordshire.
Created : 1.4.1964 (out of Luton and Leighton Buzzard registration districts).
Abolished : 1.5.1999 (to become part of Bedfordshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Dunstable.
GRO volumes : 4A (1964–74), 9 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Central Bedfordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Dunstable Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Barton le Clay	Bedfordshire	1964	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Barton le Clay	Bedfordshire	1997	1999	See Table 2, notes (m) and (n).
Caddington	Bedfordshire	1964	1980	Abolished 1.7.1980 to become the parish of Caddington & Slip End. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Caddington & Slip End	Bedfordshire	1980	1999	Created 1.7.1980 by renaming the parish of Caddington. See also Table 2, note (n).
Chalgrave	Bedfordshire	1964	1999	See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (n).
Dunstable	Bedfordshire	1964	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (b).
Dunstable	Bedfordshire	1974	1985	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Dunstable. Abolished 1.4.1985 to become parts of the parishes of Dunstable and Houghton Regis. See also Table 2, note (n).
Dunstable	Bedfordshire	1985	1999	Created 1.4.1985 out of the unparished area of Dunstable, and parts of the parishes of Caddington & Slip End, Houghton Regis, Kensworth, and Totternhoe. See also Table 2, note (n).
Eaton Bray	Bedfordshire	1964	1999	See Table 2, notes (b), (h), (l) and (n).
Houghton Regis	Bedfordshire	1964	1999	See Table 2, notes (b) and (n).
Hyde	Bedfordshire	1964	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (d), (e) and (f).
Hyde	Bedfordshire	1997	1999	See Table 2, notes (m) and (n).
Kensworth	Bedfordshire	1964	1999	See Table 2, notes (b) and (n).
Streatley with Sharpenhoe	Bedfordshire	1964	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Streatley with Sharpenhoe	Bedfordshire	1997	1999	See Table 2, notes (m) and (n).
Studham	Bedfordshire	1964	1999	See Table 2, notes (b) and (n).
Sundon	Bedfordshire	1964	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Sundon	Bedfordshire	1997	1999	See Table 2, notes (m) and (n).
Toddington	Bedfordshire	1964	1999	See Table 2, notes (b), (i), (j) and (n).
Totternhoe	Bedfordshire	1964	1999	See Table 2, notes (b), (k) and (n).
Whipsnade	Bedfordshire	1964	1999	See Table 2, notes (b) and (n).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dunstable Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1964 (created)	(a)	Gained the parish of Chalgrave from Leighton Buzzard registration district.
1.4.1964 (created)	(b)	Gained the parishes of Barton le Clay, Caddington, Dunstable, Eaton Bray, Houghton Regis, Hyde, Kensworth, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Studham, Sundon, Toddington, Totternhoe, and Whipsnade, from Luton registration district.
1.4.1965	(c)	Gained parts of the parish of Caddington (which until 1.4.1965 fomed parts of the parishes of Flamstead and Markyate, and of the county of Hertfordshire) from Hemel Hempstead registration district.
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Hyde (which became part of the parish of Flamstead and the county of Hertfordshire on 1.4.1965) to Hemel Hempstead registration district.
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Hyde (which until 1.4.1965 fomed part of the parish of Flamstead and the county of Hertfordshire) from Hemel Hempstead registration district.
1.4.1974	(f)	Lost the parishes of Barton le Clay, Hyde, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, and Sundon, to Luton registration district.	5486 in 1971
1.4.1985	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Chalgrave (which became part of the parish of Hockliffe on 1.4.1985) to Leighton Buzzard registration district.
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Eaton Bray (which became part of the parish of Billington on 1.4.1985) to Leighton Buzzard registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Toddington (which until 1.4.1985 formed part of the parish of Sundon) from Luton registration district.
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Toddington (which became part of the parish of Sundon on 1.4.1985) to Luton registration district.
	(k)	Gained parts of the parish of Totternhoe (which until 1.4.1985 formed parts of the parishes of Stanbridge and Tilsworth) from Leighton Buzzard registration district.
1.4.1991	(l)	Lost part of the parish of Eaton Bray (which became part of the parish of Edlesborough and the county of Buckinghamshire on 1.4.1991) to Aylesbury Vale registration district.
1.4.1997	(m)	Gained the parishes of Barton le Clay, Hyde, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, and Sundon, from Luton registration district.
1.5.1999 (abolished)	(n)	Lost the constituent parishes of Barton le Clay, Caddington & Slip End, Chalgrave, Dunstable, Eaton Bray, Houghton Regis, Hyde, Kensworth, Streatley, Studham, Sundon, Toddington, Totternhoe, and Whipsnade, to Bedfordshire registration district.

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