Kingswood Registration District

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KINGSWOOD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Gloucestershire.
Created : 1.4.1937 (out of Chipping Sodbury registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Bristol registration district).
Sub-districts : Gloucester Rural.
GRO volumes : 6a (1937–46), 7B (1946–74).
Registers currently held at : Bristol.

Table 1: List of Places in Kingswood Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bitton	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (e).
Hanham Abbots	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Kingswood	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (c), (d) and (e).
Mangotsfield Rural	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Mangotsfield Urban	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the unparished area of Mangotsfield. See also Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (e).
Oldland	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Siston	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Kingswood Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1937 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Bitton, Hanham Abbots, Kingswood, Mangotsfield Rural, Mangotsfield Urban, Oldland, and Siston, from Chipping Sodbury registration district.	33632 in 1931
1.4.1966	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Bitton (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of North Stoke) from Bathavon registration district.
	(c)	Lost parts of the parishes of Kingswood and Mangotsfield Urban (which became parts of the parish of Bristol on 1.4.1966) to Bristol registration district.
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Kingswood (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Bristol) from Bristol registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the constituent parishes of Bitton, Hanham Abbots, Kingswood, Mangotsfield Rural, Mangotsfield Urban, Oldland, and Silston (which were transferred from Gloucestershire to the county of Avon on 1.4.1974) to Bristol registration district.	77432 in 1971

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