Headington Registration District

HEADINGTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Oxfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.1933 (to become part of Oxford registration district).
Sub-districts : St. Clement, Wheatley.
GRO volumes : XVI (1837–51), 3a (1852–1932).
Registers now held by : Oxfordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Headington Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Beckley	Buckinghamshire	1837	1844	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become parts of the parishes of Beckley & Stowood and Fencott & Murcott. See also Table 2, note (h).
Beckley	Oxfordshire	1844	1932
Beckley & Stowood	Oxfordshire	1932	1932	Created 1.4.1932 from the separate parishes of Beckley and Stowood. See also Table 2, note (i).
Chippinghurst	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Denton.
Cowley	Oxfordshire	1837	1929	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become part of the parish of St. Giles & St. John.
Cowley St. John	Oxfordshire	1894	1926	Created 1894 from the parts of the parishes of Cowley and Iffley in Oxford County Borough. Abolished 1.4.1926 to become part of the parish of St. Giles & St. John.
Cuddesdon	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Cutteslowe	Oxfordshire	1929	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Gosford & Water Eaton. See also Table 2, note (f).
Denton	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Elsfield	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Forest Hill	Oxfordshire	1837	1881	Abolished 17.12.1881 to become part of the parish of Forest Hill with Shotover.
Forest Hill with Shotover	Oxfordshire	1881	1932	Created 17.12.1881 out of the parishes of Forest Hill, Shotover, Shotover Hill, Cuddesdon, and Cowley. See also Table 2, note (i).
Garsington	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Headington	Oxfordshire	1837	1929	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become parts of the parishes of St. Giles & St. John, Stowood, Forest Hill with Shotover, Elsfield, and Horsepath.
Holton	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Horsepath	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Horton cum Studley	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Iffley	Oxfordshire	1837	1929	Abolished 1.4.1929 to become parts of the parishes of St. Giles & St. John and Littlemore. See also Table 2, note (b).
Littlemore	Oxfordshire	1879	1932	See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).
Marston	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
St. Clement	Oxfordshire	1837	1926	Abolished 1.4.1926 to become part of the parish of St. Giles & St. John.
St. Giles	Oxfordshire	1837	1926	Abolished 1.4.1926 to become part of the parish of St. Giles & St. John. See also Table 2, note (d).
St. Giles & St. John	Oxfordshire	1926	1932	Created 1.4.1926 from the parishes of St. Giles, Cowley St. John, St. Clement, St. John the Baptist, and Binsey. See also Table 2, notes (e), (g) and (k).
St. John the Baptist	Oxfordshire	1837	1926	Abolished 1.4.1926 to become part of the parish of St. Giles & St. John.
Shotover	Oxfordshire	1837	1881	Abolished 17.12.1881 to become part of the parish of Forest Hill with Shotover.
Shotover Hill	Oxfordshire	1837	1881	Abolished 17.12.1881 to become part of the parish of Forest Hill with Shotover.
Stanton St. John	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Stowood	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Beckley & Stowood.
Studley	Buckinghamshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the hamlet of Studley was transferred from Buckinghamshire to Oxfordshire. Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Horton cum Studley.
Studley	Oxfordshire	1844	1932
Wheatley	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).
Water Eaton	Oxfordshire	1929	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 to become part of the parish of Gosfod & Water Eaton. See also Table 2, note (f).
Woodeaton	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Headington Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1879	(a)	Gained the parish of Littlemore from Abingdon registration district.	1068 in 1871
25.3.1885	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Iffley, including Iffley Lock House (which became part of the parish of South Hinksey on 25.3.1885) from Abingdon registration district.	2 in 1891
1.6.1895	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Marston (which became part of the parish of Holywell in 1894) to Oxford registration district.	0 in 1891
1.6.1895	(d)	Gained part of the parish of St. Giles (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Wolvercot) from Woodstock registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1926	(e)	Gained part of the parish of St. Giles & St. John (which until 1.4.1926 formed the parish of Binsey) from Abingdon registration district.	63 in 1921
1.4.1929	(f)	Gained the parishes of Cutteslowe and Water Eaton from Woodstock registration district.	167 in 1921
1.4.1929	(g)	Gained part of the parish of St. Giles & St. John (which until 1.4.1929 formed part of the parish of Wolvercot) from Woodstock registration district.	1330 in 1921
1.10.1932	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Beckley (which became part of the parish of Fencott & Murcott on 1.4.1932) to Ploughley & Bullingdon registration district.	15 in 1931
1.10.1932	(i)	Lost the parishes of Beckley & Stowood, Cuddesdon, Denton, Elsfield, Forest Hill with Shotover, Garsington, Holton, Horsepath, Horton cum Studley, Littlemore, Marston, Stanton St. John, Wheatley, and Woodeaton, to Ploughley & Bullingdon registration district.	7809 in 1931
1.1.1933 (abolished)	(k)	Lost the constituent parish of St. Giles & St. John to Oxford registration district.	55093 in 1931

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