Malmesbury Registration District

MALMESBURY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Wiltshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1936 (incorporated into Chippenham registration district).
Sub-districts : Malmesbury Eastern, Malmesbury Western.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837–51), 5a (1852–1936).
Registers now held by : Wiltshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Malmesbury Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alderton	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Luckington.
Bremliham	Wiltshire	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parishes of Foxley, Westport St. Mary, and Brokenborough.
Brinkworth	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Brokenborough	Wiltshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Brokenborough Without and Brokenborough Within.
Brokenborough	Wiltshire	1897	1936	Created 1.4.1897 by renaming the parish of Brokenborough Without. See also Table 2, note (a).
Brokenborough Within	Wiltshire	1894	1897	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Brokenborough in Malmesbury Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1897 and incorporated into the parish of Westport St. Mary Within.
Brokenborough Without	Wiltshire	1894	1897	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Brokenborough. Abolished 1.4.1897 and renamed Brokenborough.
Charlton	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Crudwell	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Dauntsey	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Easton Grey	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Foxley	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Norton
Garsdon	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Lea & Cleverton.
Great Somerford	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Hankerton	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Hullavington	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Lea & Cleverton	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Little Somerford	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Luckington	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Malmesbury	Wiltshire	1934	1936	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of Westport St. Mary Within, St. Paul Within, The Abbey, and Brokenborough. See also Table 2, note (a).
Malmesbury St. Paul Within	Wiltshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of St. Paul in Malmesbury Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Malmesbury.
Malmesbury St. Paul Without	Wiltshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Paul. See also Table 2, note (a).
Minety	Gloucestershire	1837	1844	Transferred from Gloucestershire to Wiltshire on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (a).
Minety	Wiltshire	1844	1936
Norton	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Oaksey	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
St. Paul	Wiltshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Malmesbury St. Paul Within and Malmesbury St. Paul Without.
Sherston	Wiltshire	1896	1936	Created 1.10.1896 from the parishes of Sherston Magna and Sherston Pinkney. See also Table 2, note (a).
Sherston Magna	Wiltshire	1837	1896	Abolished 1.10.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Sherston.
Sherston Pinkney	Wiltshire	1837	1896	Abolished 1.10.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Sherston.
Sopworth	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
The Abbey	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Malmesbury.
Westport St. Mary	Wiltshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Westport St. Mary Within and Westport St. Mary Without.
Westport St. Mary Within	Wiltshire	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Westport in Malmesbury Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Malmesbury.
Westport St. Mary Without	Wiltshire	1894	1896	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Westport St. Mary. Abolished 1.10.1896 and incorporated into the parish of St. Paul Without.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Malmesbury Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1936 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the parishes of Brinkworth, Brokenborough, Charlton, Crudwell, Dauntsey, Easton Grey, Great Somerford, Hankerton, Hullavington, Lea & Cleverton, Little Somerford, Luckington, Malmesbury, Malmesbury St. Paul Without, Minety, Norton, Oaksey, Sherston, and Sopworth, to Chippenham registration district.	10748 in 1931
1.4.1936 (abolished)	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Hullavington (which became part of the parish of Grittleton on 1.4.1935) to Chippenham registration district.	20 in 1931

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