Sherborne Registration District

SHERBORNE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Dorset.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1937 (incorporated into Sturminster registration district).
Sub-districts : Bradford Abbas, Sherborne, Yetminster.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837–51), 5a (1852–1937).
Registers now held by : Dorset and Somerset.

Table 1: List of Places in Sherborne Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Beer Hackett	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Bishops Caundle	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Bradford Abbas	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Castleton	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Caundle Marsh	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Chetnole	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Clifton Maybank	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Folke	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Goathill	Somerset	1837	1895	On 30.9.1895 the whole of the parish of Goathill was transferred from Somerset to Dorset. See also Table 2, note (c).
Goathill	Dorset	1895	1937
Haydon	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Holnest	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Holwell	Somerset	1837	1844	Transferred from Somerset to Dorset on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (c).
Holwell	Dorset	1844	1937
Leigh	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Leweston	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Lillington	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Long Burton	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Marston Magna	Somerset	1837	1895	See Table 2, note (b).
Nether Compton	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
North Wootton	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Oborne	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Over Compton	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Poyntington	Somerset	1837	1895	Transferred from Somerset to Dorset on 30.9.1895. See also Table 2, note (c).
Poyntington	Dorset	1895	1937
Purse Caundle	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Rimpton	Somerset	1837	1895	See Table 2, note (b).
Ryme Intrinseca	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Sandford Orcas	Somerset	1837	1895	Transferred from Somerset to Dorset on 30.9.1895. See also Table 2, note (c).
Sandford Orcas	Dorset	1895	1937
Sherborne	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Stockwood	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Thornford	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).
Trent	Somerset	1837	1895	Transferred from Somerset to Dorset on 30.9.1895. See also Table 2, note (c).
Trent	Dorset	1895	1937
Yetminster	Dorset	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Sherborne Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1885	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Leigh (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Hilfield) from Dorchester registration district.	0 in 1891
1.6.1895	(b)	Lost the parishes of Marston Magna and Rimpton to Yeovil registration district.	529 in 1891
1.4.1937 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the parishes of Beer Hackett, Bishops Caundle, Bradford Abbas, Castleton, Caundle Marsh, Chetnole, Clifton Maybank, Folke, Goathill, Haydon, Holnest, Holwell, Leigh, Leweston, Lillington, Long Burton, Nether Compton, North Wootton, Oborne, Over Compton, Poyntington, Purse Caundle, Ryme Intrinseca, Sandford Orcas, Sherborne, Stockwood, Thornford, Trent, and Yetminster, to Sturminster registration district.	11603 in 1931

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