Shaftesbury Registration District

SHAFTESBURY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Dorset.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1937 (to become part of Sturminster registration district).
Sub-districts : Fontmell, Gillingham, Shaftesbury.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837–51), 5a (1852–1937).
Registers currently held at : Dorset.

Table 1: List of Places in Shaftesbury Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alcester	Dorset	1894	1921	Created 1894 out of the parish of St. James. Abolished 9.11.1921 to become part of the parish of Shaftesbury.
Ashmore	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Bourton	Dorset	1896	1937	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Buckhorn Weston	Dorset	1895	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Cann	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Compton Abbas	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
East Orchard	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
East Stour	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Fontmell Magna	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Gillingham	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Holy Trinity	Dorset	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become parts of the parishes of Shaftesbury and Cann.
Iwerne Minster	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Kington Magna	Dorset	1895	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Margaret Marsh	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Melbury Abbas	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Motcombe	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
St. James	Dorset	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become parts of the parishes of Shaftesbury, Alcester, and Cann.
St. Peter	Dorset	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 andi ncorporated into the parishes of Shaftesbury and Cann.
Shaftesbury	Dorset	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the parts of the parishes of St. Peter, Holy Trinity, and St. James, in Shaftesbury Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, note (d).
Silton	Dorset	1896	1937	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Stour Provost	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Sutton Waldron	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
Todber	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
West Orchard	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).
West Stour	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Shaftesbury Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.6.1895	(a)	Gained the parishes of Buckhorne Weston and Kington Magna from Wincanton registration district.	918 in 1891
1.11.1896	(b)	Gained the parishes of Bourton and Silton from Mere registration district.	994 in 1891
1.8.1915	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Iwerne Minster (which became part of the parish of Iwerne Courtney on 1.4.1915) to Blandford registration district.	0 in 1911
1.4.1937 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the constituent parishes of Ashmore, Bourton, Buckhorn Weston, Cann, Compton Abbas, East Orchard, East Stour, Fontmell Magna, Gillingham, Iwerne Minster, Kington Magna, Margaret Marsh, Melbury Abbas, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Silton, Stour Provost, Sutton Waldron, Todber, West Orchard, and West Stour, to Sturminster registration district.	11458 in 1931

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