Reading & Wokingham Registration District

READING & WOKINGHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Berkshire.
Created : 1.4.1974 (out of Wokingham, Reading and Wallingford registration districts).
Abolished : 1.4.1998 (divided between Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire registration districts).
Sub-districts : Reading; Wokingham.
GRO volumes : 19 (1974–92).
District number : 320 (1974–98).

Table 1: List of Places in Reading & Wokingham Registration District

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Arborfield & Newland	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Ashampstead	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Barkham	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Basildon	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Beech Hill	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Bradfield	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Burghfield	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Charvil	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Earley	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Englefield	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Finchampstead	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Grazeley	Berkshire	1974	1991	Abolished 1.4.1991 and divided between the parishes of Burghfield and Wokefield. See also Table 2, note (c).
Padworth	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Pangbourne	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Purley	Berkshire	1974	1986	Renamed 1.3.1986 to become the parish of Purley on Thames. See also Table 2, note (c).
Purley on Thames	Berkshire	1986	1998	Created 1.3.1986 by renaming the parish of Purley on Thames. See also Table 2, note (g).
Reading	Berkshire	1974	1998	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Reading. See also Table 2, notes (a), (d), (e) and (f).
Remenham	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Ruscombe	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Shinfield	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Sonning	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
St. Nicholas Hurst	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Stratfield Mortimer	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Streatley	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Sulham	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Sulhamstead	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Sulhamstead Bannister	Berkshire	1974	1991	Abolished 1.4.1991 and divided between the parishes of Beech Hill and Wokefield. See also Table 2, note (c).
Swallowfield	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Theale	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Tidmarsh	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Tilehurst	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Twyford	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Ufton Nervet	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Wargrave	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Winnersh	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Wokefield	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Wokingham	Berkshire	1974	1998	Created 1.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Wokingham Within. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Wokingham Without	Berkshire	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Woodley	Berkshire	1975	1998	Created 14.1.1975 by renaming the parish of Woodley & Sandford. See also Table 2, note (h).
Woodley & Sandford	Berkshire	1974	1975	Renamed 14.1.1975 to become the parish of Woodley. See also Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Reading & Wokingham Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1974 (created)	(a)	Gained the Reading unparished area from Reading registration district.	131693 in 1971
	(b)	Gained the parish of Streatley from Wallingford registration district.	937 in 1971
	(c)	Gained the parishes of Arborfield & Newland, Ashampstead, Barkham, Basildon, Beech Hill, Bradfield, Burghfield, Charvil, Earley, Englefield, Finchampstead, Grazeley, Padworth, Pangbourne, Purley, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Sonning, St. Nicholas Hurst, Stratfield Mortimer, Streatley, Sulham, Sulhamstead, Sulhamstead Bannister, Swallowfield, Theale, Tidmarsh, Tilehurst, Twyford, Ufton Nervet, Wargrave, Winnersh, Wokefield, Wokingham Within, Wokingham Without and Woodley & Sandford, from Wokingham registration district.	133286 in 1971
1.4.1977	(d)	Lost part of the Reading unparished area (which was added to the parish of Eye & Dunsden on 1.4.1977) to Henley registration district.	0 in 1977
1.4.1977	(e)	Gained part of the Reading unparished area (which until 1.4.1977 formed parts of the parishes of Eye & Dunsden, Kidmore End and Mapledurham) from Henley registration district.	8400 in 1977
1.4.1998 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the Reading unparished area to Reading registration district.	121570 in 1991
	(g)	Lost the parishes of Ashampstead, Basildon, Beech Hill, Bradfield, Burghfield, Englefield, Padworth, Pangbourne, Purley on Thames, Stratfield Mortimer, Streatley, Sulham, Sulhamstead, Theale, Tidmarsh, Tilehurst, Ufton Nervet and Wokefield, to West Berkshire registration district.	n/a
	(h)	Lost the parishes of Arborfield & Newland, Barkham, Charvil, Earley, Finchampstead, Remenham, Ruscombe, Shinfield, Sonning, St. Nicholas Hurst. Swallowfield, Twyford, Wargrave, Winnersh, Wokingham, Wokingham Without and Woodley, to Wokingham registration district.	n/a

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