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List of Districts |
Registration County : Wiltshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1936 (incorporated into Trowbridge and Devizes registration districts).
Sub-districts : Melksham, Trowbridge.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837–51), 5a (1852–1936).
Registers now held by : Wiltshire.
Table 1: List of Places in Melksham Registration District
|
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
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Hilperton |
1837 |
1936 |
See Table 2, notes (b) and (e). |
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Melksham |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Melksham Within and Melksham Without. See also Table 2, note (e). |
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Melksham Within |
1894 |
1936 |
Created 30.9.1894 from the part of the parish of Melksham in Melksham Urban District. |
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|
Melksham Without |
1894 |
1936 |
Created 30.9.1894 from the rural part of the parish of Melksham. See also Table 2, note (e). |
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|
Seend |
1837 |
1936 |
See Table 2, note (d). |
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Semington |
1837 |
1936 |
See Table 2, note (e). |
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Staverton |
1894 |
1936 |
Created 30.9.1894 from the rural part of the parish of Trowbridge. See also Table 2, note (e). |
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Trowbridge |
1837 |
1936 |
See Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (e). |
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Whaddon |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Whaddon. |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Melksham Registration District
Date of Change | Note | Description of Change | Population transferred |
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24.3.1883 |
(a) | Lost a detached part of the parish of Trowbridge (which became part of the parish of Bradford on Avon on 24.3.1883) to Bradford on Avon registration district. |
0 in 1891 |
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24.3.1884 |
(b) | Gained part of the parish of Hilperton (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Great Hinton) from Westbury registration district. |
0 in 1891 |
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1.12.1897 |
(c) | Gained part of the parish of Trowbridge (which until 1.10.1897 formed part of the parish of Steeple Aston) from Westbury registration district. |
39 in 1891 |
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1.4.1936 |
(d) | Lost the parish of Seend to Devizes registration district. |
873 in 1931 |
|
(e) | Lost the parishes of Hilperton, Melksham Within, Melksham Without, Semington, Staverton, and Trowbridge, to Trowbridge registration district. |
20076 in 1931 |
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(f) | Lost part of the parish of Trowbridge (which became part of the parish of Wingfield on 1.4.1936) to Trowbridge registration district. |
7 in 1931 |
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