March Registration District

MARCH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Isle of Ely (1938–74).
Created : 1.4.1938 (out of North Witchford and Wisbech registration districts).
Sub district : March.
GRO volumes : 3b (1938–46), 4A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Cambridgeshire (March).

Table 1: List of Places in March Registration District

All the parishes in Isle of Ely became part of the new county of Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely on 1.4.1965.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Benwick	Isle of Ely	1938	1965	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Benwick	Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Chatteris	Isle of Ely	1938	1965	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Chatteris	Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Doddington	Isle of Ely	1938	1965	See Table 2, note (a).
Doddington	Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Manea	Isle of Ely	1938	1965	See Table 2, note (a).
Manea	Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
March	Isle of Ely	1938	1965	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
March	Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely	1965	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Welches Dam	Isle of Ely	1938	1960	Abolished 1.4.1960 and incorporated into the parishes of Chatteris and Manea. See also Table 2, note (a).
Wimblington	Isle of Ely	1938	1965	See Table 2, note (a).
Wimblington	Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely	1965	1974	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting March Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1938 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Benwick, Chatteris, Doddington, Manea, March, Welches Dam, and Wimblington, from North Witchford registration district.	21550 in 1931
1.4.1938 (created)	(b)	Gained part of the parish of March (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Wisbech St. Peter) from Wisbech registration district.	6 in 1931
1.4.1965	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Benwick (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Ramsey) from Huntingdon registration district.
1.4.1965	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Chatteris (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Somersham) from St. Ives registration district.

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