Royston Registration District

ROYSTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hertfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Royston & Buntingford").
Abolished : 1.10.1939 (to become part of Hitchin and Bishops Stortford registration districts).
Sub-districts : Buntingford, Melbourn, Royston.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 3a (1852–1939).
Registers currently held at : Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Royston Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Abington Pigotts	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Anstey	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Ardeley	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Ashwell	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (e).
Aspeden	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Barkway	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (e).
Barley	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (e).
Barrington	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Bassingbourn	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Broadfield	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Buckland	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Buntingford	Hertfordshire	1937	1939	Created 1.4.1937 out of the parishes of Layston, Aspenden, Wyddial, and Throcking.
Cottered	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Fowlmere	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Foxton	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Great Chishall	Essex	1837	1895	Transferred from Essex to Cambridgeshire on 30.9.1895. Abolished 26.1.1929 to become the parish of Great Chishill.
Great Chishall	Cambridgeshire	1895	1929
Great Chishill	Cambridgeshire	1929	1935	Created 26.1.1929 by renaming the parish of Great Chishall. See also Table 2, note (b).
Great Hormead	Hertfordshire	1838	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of the parish of Hormead. See also Table 2, note (a).
Guilden Morden	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Heydon	Essex	1837	1895	Transferred from Essex to Cambridgeshire on 30.9.1895. See also Table 2, note (b).
Heydon	Cambridgeshire	1895	1935
Hinxworth	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (e).
Hormead	Hertfordshire	1937	1939	Created 1.4.1937 out of the parishes of Great Hormead, Little Hormead, Layston, and Braughing. See also Table 2, note (c).
Kelshall	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (e).
Kneesworth	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Layston	Hertfordshire	1838	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become parts of the parishes of Buntingford, Hormead, and Wyddial. See also Table 2, note (a).
Litlington	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Little Chishill	Essex	1837	1895	Transferred from Essex to Cambridgeshire on 30.9.1895. See also Table 2, note (b).
Little Chishill	Cambridgeshire	1895	1935
Little Hormead	Hertfordshire	1838	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of the parish of Hormead. See also Table 2, note (a).
Meesden	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Melbourn	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Meldreth	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
North Royston	Hertfordshire	1896	1897	Created 30.9.1896 from the Cambridgeshire part of the parish of Royston. Abolished 1.10.1897 to become part of the parish of Royston.
Nuthampstead	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (e).
Reed	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (e).
Royston	Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire	1837	1896	On 30.9.1896 the Cambridgeshire part of the parish of Royston became the separate parish of North Royston, so that thereafter Royston was wholly in Hertfordshire. See also Table 2, note (e).
Royston	Hertfordshire	1896	1939
Rushden	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Sandon	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Shepreth	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Shingay	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
South Bassingbourn	Hertfordshire	1896	1897	Created 30.9.1896 out of the parish of Bassingbourn. Abolished 1.10.1897 to become part of the parish of Royston.
South Kneesworth	Hertfordshire	1896	1897	Created 30.9.1896 out of the parish of Kneesworth. Abolished 1.10.1897 to become part of the parish of Royston.
South Melbourn	Hertfordshire	1896	1897	Created 30.9.1896 out of the parish of Melbourn. Abolished 1.10.1897 to become part of the parish of Royston.
Steeple Morden	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Therfield	Hertfordshire	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (e).
Thriplow	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Throcking	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Wakeley	Hertfordshire	1837	1883	Abolished 25.3.1883 to become part of the parish of Westmill.
Wallington	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Wendy	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Westmill	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (d).
Whaddon	Cambridgeshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Wyddial	Hertfordshire	1838	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Royston Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
15.1.1838	(a)	Gained the parishes of Anstey, Ardeley, Aspeden, Broadfield, Buckland, Cottered, Great Hormead, Layston, Little Hormead, Meesden, Rushden, Sandon, Throcking, Wallington, Westmill, and Wyddial, from Buntingford registration district.
1.4.1935	(b)	Lost the parishes of Abington Pigotts, Barrington, Bassingbourn, Fowlmere, Foxton, Great Chishill, Guilden Morden, Heydon, Kneesworth, Litlington, Little Chishill, Melbourn, Meldreth, Shepreth, Shingay, Steeple Morden, Thriplow, Wendy, and Whaddon, to Cambridgeshire registration district.	7782 in 1931
1.10.1939 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the parishes of Anstey, Ardeley, Aspenden, Broadfield, Buckland, Cottered, Hormead, Meesden, Throcking, Westmill, and Wyddial, to Bishops Stortford registration district.	3835 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Westmill (which became part of the parish of Braughing on 1.4.1935) to Bishops Stortford registration district.	20 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the parishes of Ashwell, Barkway, Barley, Hinxworth, Kelshall, Nuthampstead, Reed, Royston, Rushden, Sandon, Therfield, and Wallington, to Hitchin registration district.	8099 in 1931

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