Sedgemoor Registration District

SEDGEMOOR REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Somerset.
Created : 1.4.1974 (out of Bridgwater and Weston super Mare registration districts).
Abolished : 1.1.2008 (to become part of Somerset registration district).
Sub-districts : Sedgemoor
GRO volumes : 23 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Somerset.

Table 1: List of Places in Sedgemoor Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Ashcott	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Axbridge	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Badgworth	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Bawdrip	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Berrow	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Brean	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Brent Knoll	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Bridgwater	Somerset	1974	2007	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Bridgwater. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Bridgwater Without	Somerset	1974	1983	Abolished 1.4.1983 to become part of the unparished area of Bridgwater. See also Table 2, note (a).
Broomfield	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Burnham on Sea	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Burnham Without	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Burtle	Somerset	1981	2007	Created 1.4.1981 out of the parishes of Chilton Polden, Edington and Catcott. See also Table 2, note (f).
Cannington	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Catcott	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Chapel Allerton	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Charlinch	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Cheddar	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Chedzoy	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Chilton Polden	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Chilton Trinity	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Compton Bishop	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Cossington	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Durleigh	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
East Brent	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
East Huntspill	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Edington	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Enmore	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Fiddington	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Goathurst	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Greinton	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Lympsham	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b), (c) and (f).
Lyng	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Mark	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Middlezoy	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Moorlinch	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Nether Stowey	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
North Petherton	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Othery	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Otterhampton	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Over Stowey	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Pawlett	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Puriton	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Shapwick	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Shipham	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b), (c), (d) and (f).
Spaxton	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Stawell	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Stockland Bristol	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Thurloxton	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Weare	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Wedmore	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Wembdon	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
West Huntspill	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Westonzoyland	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Woolavington	Somerset	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Sedgemoor Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1974 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Ashcott, Bawdrip, Bridgwater Without, Broomfield, Cannington, Catcott, Charlinch, Chedzoy, Chilton Polden, Chilton Trinity, Cossington, Durleigh, East Huntspill, Edington, Enmore, Fiddington, Goathurst, Greinton, Lyng, Middlezoy, Moorlinch, Nether Stowey, North Petherton, Othery, Otterhampton, Over Stowey, Pawlett, Puriton, Shapwick, Spaxton, Stawell, Stockland Bristol, Thurloxton, Wembdon, West Huntspill, Westonzoyland, and Woolavington, and the unparished area of Bridgwater, from Bridgwater registration district.	53876 in 1971
1.4.1974 (created)	(b)	Gained the parishes of Axbridge, Badgworth, Berrow, Brean, Brent Knoll, Burnham on Sea, Burnham Without, Chapel Allerton, Cheddar, Compton Bishop, East Brent, Lympsham, Mark, Shipham, Weare, and Wedmore, from Weston super Mare registration district.	26865 in 1971
1.4.1983	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Lympsham (which until 1.4.1983 formed part of the parish of Bleadon and the county of Avon) from Weston super Mare registration district.
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Shipham (which until 1.4.1983 formed part of the parish of Winscombe and the county of Avon) from Weston super Mare registration district.
	(e)	Lost parts of the parish of Shipham (which became parts of the county of Avon and the parishes of Churchill and Winscombe on 1.4.1983) to Weston super Mare registration district.
1.1.2008 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the constituent parishes of Ashcott, Axbridge, Badgworth, Bawdrip, Berrow, Brean, Brent Knoll, Bridgwater, Broomfield, Burnham on Sea, Burnham Without, Burtle, Cannington, Catcott, Chapel Allerton, Charlinch, Cheddar, Chedzoy, Chilton Polden, Chilton Trinity, Compton Bishop, Cossington, Durleigh, East Brent, East Huntspill, Edington, Enmore, Fiddington, Goathurst, Greinton, Lympsham, Lyng, Mark, Middlezoy, Moorlinch, Nether Stowey, North Petherton, Othery, Otterhampton, Over Stowey, Pawlett, Puriton, Shapwick, Shipham, Spaxton, Stawell, Stockland Bristol, Thurloxton, Weare, Wedmore, Wembdon, West Huntspill, Westonzoyland, and Woolavington, to Somerset registration district.

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