Trowbridge Registration District

TROWBRIDGE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Wiltshire.
Created : 1.4.1936 (out of Melksham and Bradford on Avon registration districts).
Sub district : Trowbridge.
GRO volumes: 5a (1936–46), 7C (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Wiltshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Trowbridge Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Atworth	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Bradford on Avon	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Broughton Gifford	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Hilperton	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Holt	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Limpley Stoke	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Melksham Within	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Melksham Without	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Monkton Farleigh	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Semington	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
South Wraxall	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Staverton	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Trowbridge	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Westwood	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Wingfield	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (e) and (f).
Winsley	Wiltshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Trowbridge Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1936 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Atworth, Bradford on Avon, Broughton Gifford, Holt, Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farleigh, South Wraxall, Westwood, Wingfield, and Winsley, from Bradford on Avon registration district.	10158 in 1931
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Melksham Within (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Broughton Gifford) from Bradford on Avon registration district.	0 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Trowbridge (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Bradford Without) from Bradford on Avon registration district.	83 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parishes of Hilperton, Melksham Within, Melksham Without, Semington, Staverton, and Trowbridge, from Melksham registration district.	20076 in 1931
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Wingfield (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Trowbridge) from Melksham registration district.	7 in 1931
1.4.1966	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Wingfield (which until 1.4.1966 formed part of the parish of Norton St. Philip) from Frome registration district.

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