Wellingborough Registration District

WELLINGBOROUGH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Northamptonshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Earls Barton, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Wellingborough.
GRO volumes : XV (1837–51), 3b (1852–1946), 3B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Northamptonshire and Central Bedfordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Wellingborough Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bozeat	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Chelveston cum Caldecott	Northamptonshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Earls Barton	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Easton Maudit	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Ecton	Northamptonshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Farndish	Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Northamptonshire part of the parish of Farndish became part of Bedfordshire, so that thereafter Farndish was wholly in Bedfordshire. Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parish of Podington.
Farndish	Bedfordshire	1844	1884
Finedon	Northamptonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Wellingborough.
Great Doddington	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Great Harrowden	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Grendon	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Hardwick	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Hargrave	Northamptonshire	1936	1974
Higham Ferrers	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Higham Park	Northamptonshire	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Newton Bromswold.
Irchester	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Irthlingborough	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Isham	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Little Harrowden	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Mears Ashby	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Newton Bromswold	Northamptonshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Orlingbury	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Podington	Bedfordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Raunds	Northamptonshire	1936	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Rushden	Northamptonshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Strixton	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Sywell	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Wellingborough	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Wilby	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Wollaston	Northamptonshire	1837	1974
Wymington	Bedfordshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wellingborough Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Podington, including Yelnoe Farm (which became part of the parish of Odell on 24.3.1883) to Bedford registration district.	4 in 1891
1.4.1935	(b)	Lost the parishes of Podington and Wymington to Bedford registration district.	943 in 1931
1.7.1936	(c)	Gained the parishes of Chelveston cum Caldecott and Raunds from Thrapston registration district.	4965 in 1931
1.4.1965	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Chelveston cum Caldecott (which became part of the parish of Melchbourne & Yelden on 1.4.1965) to Bedford registration district.
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Newton Bromswold (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Melchbourne & Yelden) from Bedford registration district.
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Rushden (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Wymington) from Bedford registration district.
1.4.1971	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Ecton (which became part of the parish of Northampton on 1.4.1971) to Northampton registration district.

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