Tavistock Registration District

TAVISTOCK REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Devonshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Buckland Monachorum, Calstock, Lifton, Milton Abbot, Tavistock.
GRO volumes : IX (1837–51), 5b (1852–1946), 7A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Devon and Cornwall.

Table 1: List of Places in Tavistock Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bere Ferrers	Devon	1837	1974
Bradstone	Devon	1837	1974
Brentor	Devon	1837	1974
Buckland Monachorum	Devon	1837	1974
Calstock	Cornwall	1860	1936	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Coryton	Devon	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Dunterton	Devon	1837	1974
Horrabridge	Devon	1950	1974	Created 1.10.1950 out of the parishes of Whitchurch, Buckland Monachorum, Sampford Spiney, and Walkhampton.
Kelly	Devon	1837	1974
Lamerton	Devon	1837	1974
Lewtrenchard	Devon	1837	1974
Lifton	Devon	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Lydford	Devon	1837	1974
Marystow	Devon	1837	1974
Mary Tavy	Devon	1837	1974
Meavy	Devon	1837	1974
Milton Abbot	Devon	1837	1974
Peter Tavy	Devon	1837	1974
Sampford Spiney	Devon	1837	1974
Sheepstor	Devon	1837	1974
Stowford	Devon	1837	1974
Sydenham Damerel	Devon	1837	1974
Tavistock	Devon	1837	1974
Tavistock Hamlets	Devon	1898	1974	Created 1.4.1898 from the rural part of the parish of Tavistock.
Thrushelton	Devon	1837	1974
Walkhampton	Devon	1837	1974
Whitchurch	Devon	1837	1974

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Tavistock Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
12.10.1860	(a)	Gained the parish of Calstock from Liskeard registration district.	7090 in 1861
24.3.1884	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Lifton, including Westwick (which became part of the parish of Broadwoodwidger on 24.3.1884) to Launceston registration district.	69 in 1891
24.3.1884	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Coryton (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Bridestowe, including Longham Farm) from Okehampton registration district.	3 in 1891
1.7.1936	(d)	Lost the parish of Calstock to St. Germans registration district.	4423 in 1931

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