Watford Registration District

WATFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hertfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.2008 (to become part of Hertfordshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Abbots Langley, Abbots Langley & Rickmansworth, Bushey, Rickmansworth, Watford, Watford Maternity Home
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 3a (1852–1946), 4B (1946–74), 10 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Hertfordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Watford Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Abbots Langley	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (g), (h), (i), (l) and (p)..
Aldenham	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, notes (f), (j), (k) and (p).
Bushey	Hertfordshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Bushey Urban and Bushey Rural.
Bushey	Hertfordshire	1906	1974	Created 1.4.1906 by renaming the parish of Bushey Rural. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area.
Bushey	Hertfordshire	1974	2008	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Bushey. See also Table 2, notes (m), (n) and (p).
Bushey Rural	Hertfordshire	1894	1906	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Bushey. Abolished 1.4.1906 to become the parish of Bushey.
Bushey Urban	Hertfordshire	1894	1906	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Bushey in Watford Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1906 to become the parish of Oxhey.
Chorleywood	Hertfordshire	1898	2008	Created 15.4.1898 out of the parish of Rickmansworth. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (p).
Elstree & Borehamwood	Hertfordshire	1996	2008	See Table 2, notes (o) and (p).
Oxhey	Hertfordshire	1906	1935	Created 1.4.1906 by renaming the parish of Bushey Urban. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Watford.
Potters Bar	Hertfordshire	1996	2008	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the urban district of Potters Bar and the parish of South Mimms. See also Table 2, notes (o) and (p).
Rickmansworth	Hertfordshire	1837	1898	Abolished 15.4.1898 to become parts of the parishes of Rickmansworth Urban, Rickmansworth Rural, and Chorleywood.
Rickmansworth	Hertfordshire	1974	2008	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Rickmansworth. See also Table 2, note (p).
Rickmansworth Rural	Hertfordshire	1898	1935	Created 15.4.1898 out of the parish of Rickmansworth. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Rickmansworth Urban and Sarratt. See also Table 2, notes (a), (c), (d) and (e).
Rickmansworth Urban	Hertfordshire	1898	1974	Created 15.4.1898 from the part of the parish of Rickmansworth in Rickmansworth Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the unparished area of Rickmansworth.
Ridge	Hertfordshire	1996	2008	See Table 2, notes (o) and (p).
Sarratt	Hertfordshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (p).
Shenley	Hertfordshire	1996	2008	See Table 2, notes (o) and (p).
Watford	Hertfordshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Watford Urban and Watford Rural.
Watford	Hertfordshire	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Watford Urban, Oxhey, Watford Rural, and Abbots Langley. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area.
Watford	Hertfordshire	1974	2008	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Watford. See also Table 2, note (p).
Watford Rural	Hertfordshire	1894	2008	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Watford. See also Table 2, note (p).
Watford Urban	Hertfordshire	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Watford in Watford Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Watford.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Watford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.2.1908	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural (which became part of the parish of Chalfont St. Peter on 1.4.1907) to Amersham registration district.	0 in 1901
	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Chorleywood (which until 1.4.1907 formed parts of the parishes of Chalfont St. Peter and Chenies) from Amersham registration district.	0 in 1901
	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural (which became part of the parish of Denham on 1.4.1907) to Eton registration district.	0 in 1901
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural (which became part of the parish of Gerrards Cross on 1.4.1907) to Eton registration district.	0 in 1901
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Rickmansworth Rural (which until 1.4.1907 formed part of the parish of Denham) from Eton registration district.	0 in 1901
1.10.1939	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Aldenham (which became part of the parish of Elstree on 1.4.1935) to Barnet registration district.	400 in 1931
	(g)	Lost parts of the parish of Abbots Langley (which became parts of the parishes of Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley on 1.4.1935) to Hemel Hempstead registration district.	209 in 1931
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Abbots Langley (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Kings Langley) from Hemel Hempstead registration district.	12 in 1931
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Abbots Langley (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of St. Stephen) from St. Albans registration district.	22 in 1931
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Aldenham (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of St. Stephen) from St. Albans registration district.	276 in 1931
1.4.1968	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Aldenham (which became part of the parish of Elstree on 1.4.1968) to Elstree & Potters Bar registration district.
1.4.1974	(l)	Lost part of the parish of Abbots Langley (which became the parish of Nash Mills on 1.4.1974) to Dacorum registration district.	2512 in 1971
1.4.1993	(m)	Gained part of the unparished area of Bushey (which until 1.4.1993 formed part of the London borough of Harrow) from Harrow registration district.
1.4.1993	(n)	Lost part of the unparished area of Bushey (which became part of the London borough of Harrow on 1.4.1993) to Harrow registration district.
1.3.1996	(o)	Gained the parishes of Elstree & Borehamwood, Ridge, and Shenley, and the unparished area of Potters Bar, from Elstree & Potters Bar registration district.
1.4.2008 (abolished)	(p)	Lost the constituent parishes of Abbots Langley, Aldenham, Chorleywood, Elstree & Borehamwood, Ridge, Sarratt, Shenley, and Watford Rural, and the unparished areas of Bushey, Potters Bar, Rickmansworth, and Watford, to Hertfordshire registration district.

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