Thornbury Registration District

THORNBURY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Gloucestershire (1837–1974), Avon (1974–81).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.1981 (to become part of Bristol registration district).
Sub-districts : Almondsbury, Berkeley, Thornbury.
GRO volumes : XI (1837–51), 6a (1852–1946), 7B (1946–74), 22 (1974–81).
Registers currently held at : Bristol and Gloucestershire.

Table 1A: List of Places in Thornbury Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alkington	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (l).
Almondsbury	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (k).
Alveston	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Aust	Gloucestershire	1837	1974
Berkeley	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (l).
Breadstone	Gloucestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Hamfallow.
Charfield	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (h), (i) and (j).
Cromhall	Gloucestershire	1837	1974
Elberton	Gloucestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Aust.
Falfield	Gloucestershire	1894	1974	Created 1894 out of the parish of Thornbury.
Hamfallow	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Ham & Stone	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Henbury	Gloucestershire	1905	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Bristol, Almondsbury, and Redwick & Northwick. See also Table 2, notes (e), (f) and (g).
Hill	Gloucestershire	1837	1974
Hinton	Gloucestershire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (l).
Littleton upon Severn	Gloucestershire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Aust.
Oldbury upon Severn	Gloucestershire	1894	1974	Created 1894 out of the parish of Thornbury.
Olveston	Gloucestershire	1837	1974
Patchway	Gloucestershire	1953	1974	Created 1.4.1953 out of the parish of Almondsbury.
Pilning & Severn Beach	Gloucestershire	1965	1974	Created 1.7.1965 by renaming the parish of Redwick & Northwick.
Rangeworthy	Gloucestershire	1837	1974
Redwick & Northwick	Gloucestershire	1837	1965	Abolished 1.7.1965 to become the parish of Pilning & Severn Beach. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (k).
Rockhampton	Gloucestershire	1837	1974
Thornbury	Gloucestershire	1837	1974
Tortworth	Gloucestershire	1837	1974
Tytherington	Gloucestershire	1837	1974

Table 1B: List of Places in Thornbury Registration District (1974–81)

All the areas in Thornbury registration district became part of the county of Avon on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Almondsbury	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Alveston	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Aust	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Charfield	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Cromhall	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Falfield	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Hill	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Oldbury upon Severn	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Olveston	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Patchway	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Pilning & Severn Beach	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Rangeworthy	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Rockhampton	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Thornbury	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Tortworth	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).
Tytherington	Avon	1974	1981	See Table 2, note (m).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Thornbury Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Gained parts of the parish of Redwick & Northwick (which until 24.3.1883 formed detached parts of the parishes of Henbury and Westbury on Trym) from Barton Regis registration district.	0 in 1891
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Alveston (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Iron Acton, including Nine Elms) from Chipping Sodbury registration district.	0 in 1891
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Berkeley (which until 24.3.1883 formed two detached parts of the parish of North Nibley) from Dursley registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1884	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Alkington (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Leonard Stanley) from Stroud registration district.	0 in 1891
1.1.1905	(e)	Gained the parish of Henbury from Barton Regis registration district.	1922 in 1901
1.1.1919	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Henbury (which became part of the parish of Bristol on 1.10.1918) to Bristol registration district.	50 in 1911
1.11.1926	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Henbury (which became part of the parish of Bristol on 1.10.1926) to Bristol registration district.	19 in 1921
1.4.1937	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Charfield (which became part of the parish of Wickwar on 1.4.1935) to Sodbury registration district.	11 in 1931
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Charfield (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Wickwar) from Chipping Sodbury registration district.	0 in 1931
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Charfield (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Wotton under Edge) from Dursley registration district.	27 in 1931
1.4.1966	(k)	Lost parts of the parishes of Almondsbury and Redwick & Northwick (which became parts of the parish of Bristol on 1.4.1966) to Bristol registration district.
1.4.1974	(l)	Lost the parishes of Alkington, Berkeley, Hamfallow, Ham & Stone, and Hinton, to Stroud registration district.	4965 in 1971
1.10.1981 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the constituent parishes of Almondsbury, Alveston, Aust, Charfield, Cromhall, Falfield, Hill, Oldbury upon Severn, Olveston, Patchway, Pilning & Severn Beach, Rangeworthy, Rockhampton, Thornbury, Tortworth, and Tytherington, to Bristol registration district.

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