Forest of Dean Registration District

FOREST OF DEAN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Gloucestershire.
Created : 1.4.1937 (out of Westbury on Severn, Monmouth, and Chepstow registration districts).
Abolished : 1.4.2006 (to become part of Gloucestershire registration district).
Sub-districts : East Dean, Forest of Dean, West Dean.
GRO volumes : 6a (1937–46), 7B (1946–74), 22 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Gloucestershire.

Table 1: List of Places in Forest of Dean Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alvington	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Awre	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Aylburton	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Blaisdon	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Churcham	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Cinderford	Gloucestershire	1953	2006	Created 1.4.1953 out of the parish of East Dean. See also Table 2, note (k).
Coleford	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Drybrook	Gloucestershire	1953	2006	Created 1.4.1953 out of the parish of East Dean. See also Table 2, notes (i) and (k).
East Dean	Gloucestershire	1937	1953	Abolished 1.4.1953 to become parts of the parishes of Cinderford, Ruspidge, Drybrook, Mitcheldean, Awre, and Littledean. See also Table 2, note (e).
English Bicknor	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (b), (g) and (k).
Hewelsfield	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Huntley	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Little Dean	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Longhope	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Lydbrook	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (c), (e) and (k).
Lydney	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (k).
Mitcheldean	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e), (h) and (k).
Newland	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Newnham	Gloucestershire	1974	2006	See Table 2, notes (j) and (k).
Ruardean	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Ruspidge	Gloucestershire	1953	2006	Created 1.4.1953 out of the parish of East Dean. See also Table 2, note (k).
St. Briavels	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Staunton	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (b) and (k).
Tidenham	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
West Dean	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (b), (f) and (k).
Woolaston	Gloucestershire	1937	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Forest of Dean Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1937 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Alvington, Aylburton, Hewelsfield, Lydney, St. Briavels, Tidenham, and Woolaston, from Chepstow registration district.	10820 in 1931
	(b)	Gained the parishes of Coleford, English Bicknor, Newland, Staunton, and West Dean, from Monmouth registration district.	16749 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Lydbrook (which until 1.4.1935 formed parts of the parishes of English Bicknor and West Dean) from Monmouth registration district.	250 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Lydney (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of West Dean) from Monmouth registration district.	38 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Awre, Blaisdon, Churcham, East Dean, Huntley, Little Dean, Longhope, Lydbrook, Mitcheldean, and Ruardean, from Westbury on Severn registration district.	20594 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of West Dean (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Awre) from Westbury on Severn registration district.	14 in 1931
1.4.1965	(g)	Lost part of the parish of English Bicknor (which became part of the parish of Goodrich on 1.4.1965) to Ross registration district.
	(h)	Lost parts of the parish of Mitcheldean (which became parts of the parishes of Hope Mansell, Lea, and Weston under Penyard on 1.4.1965) to Ross registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Drybrook (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Hope Mansell) from Ross registration district.
1.4.1974	(j)	Gained the parish of Newnham from Gloucester Rural registration district.	1201 in 1971
1.4.2006 (abolished)	(k)	Lost the constituent parishes of Alvington, Awre, Aylburton, Blaisdon, Churcham, Cinderford, Coleford, Drybrook, English Bicknor, Hewelsfield, Huntley, Littledean, Longhope, Lydbrook, Lydney, Mitcheldean, Newland, Newnham, Ruardean, Ruspidge, St. Briavels, Staunton, Tidenham, West Dean, and Woolaston, to Gloucestershire registration district.

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