Wells Registration District

WELLS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Somerset.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Mendip registration district).
Sub-districts : Glastonbury, Shepton Mallet, Wells.
GRO volumes : X (1837–51), 5c (1852–1946), 7C (1946–74).
Registers currently held at : Somerset.

Table 1: List of Places in Wells Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ashwick	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Baltonsborough	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (v).
Batcombe	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Binegar	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s), (u) and (v).
Butleigh	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).
Chewton Mendip	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (r) and (v).
Cranmore	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Croscombe	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Dinder	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).
Ditcheat	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Doulting	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Downhead	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
East Pennard	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Emborough	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Evercreech	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Glastonbury	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).
Godney	Somerset	1904	1974	Created 1.4.1904 out of the parish of Meare. See also Table 2, note (v).
Green Oare	Somerset	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 to become part of the parish of Chewton Mendip.
Holcombe	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Lamyat	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Lydford	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Meare	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).
Milton Clevedon	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
North Wootton	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (e), (k), (l), (m) and (v).
Pilton	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Priddy	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).
Pylle	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Rodney Stoke	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (p), (q) and (v).
St. Andrew	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Wells.
St. Cuthbert In	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 to become part of the parish of Wells.
St. Cuthbert Out	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (n) and (v).
Sharpham	Somerset	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Glastonbury. See Table 2, note (v).
Shepton Mallet	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Stoke Lane	Somerset	1936	1955	Abolished 2.2.1955 to become the parish of Stoke St. Michael. See also Table 2, notes (s) and (v).
Stoke St. Michael	Somerset	1955	1974	Created 2.2.1955 by renaming the parish of Stoke Lane. See Table 2, note (v).
Stratton on the Fosse	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (s), (t), (u) and (v).
Street	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).
Walton	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).
Wells	Somerset	1933	1974	Created 1.4.1933 out of the parishes of St. Cuthbert Inn, St. Cuthbert Out, and St. Andrew. See also Table 2, note (v).
West Bradley	Somerset	1837	1879	See Table 2, notes (a) and (s).
West Bradley	Somerset	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (s).
West Pennard	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (o) and (v).
Westbury	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).
Wookey	Somerset	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (v).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wells Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1880	(a)	Lost the parish of West Bradley to Shepton Mallet registration district.	176 in 1871
24.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which became part of the parish of Ston Easton on 24.3.1883) to Clutton registration district.	0 in 1891
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Litton) from Clutton registration district.	0 in 1891
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Emborough) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	0 in 1891
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of North Wootton (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Pilton) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1884	(f)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Chewton Mendip, including Hazel Farm (which became part of the parish of Compton Martin on 24.3.1884) to Clutton registration district.	19 in 1891
	(g)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which became part of the parish of Ston Easton on 24.3.1884) to Clutton registration district.	0 in 1891
	(h)	Gained parts of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 24.3.1884 formed detached parts of the parishes of Litton, Paulton, and Ston Easton) from Clutton registration district.	12 in 1891
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Emborough) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	0 in 1891
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Baltonsborough (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of West Bradley) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	0 in 1891
	(k)	Lost a detached part of the parish of North Wootton (which became part of the parish of Pilton on 24.3.1884) to Shepton Mallet registration district.	0 in 1891
	(l)	Gained parts of the parish of North Wootton (which until 24.3.1884 formed detached parts of the parishes of Croscombe and Pilton) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	0 in 1891
	(m)	Gained part of the parish of North Wootton (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Pilton, including Queens Sedgmoor) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	14 in 1891
	(n)	Gained part of the parish of St. Cuthbert Out (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Binegar, including Broomclose Farm) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	7 in 1891
	(o)	Gained parts of the parish of West Pennard (which until 24.3.1884 formed detached parts of the parishes of Croscombe, Pilton, and West Bradley) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	0 in 1891
25.3.1885	(p)	Gained part of the parish of Rodney Stoke (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Cheddar, including the hamlet of Draycot) from Axbridge registration district.	307 in 1891
	(q)	Gained part of the parish of Rodney Stoke (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Nyland with Batcombe) from Axbridge registration district.	0 in 1891
	(r)	Gained part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Emborough) from Shepton Mallet registration district.	18 in 1891
1.4.1936	(s)	Gained the parishes of Ashwick, Batcombe, Binegar, Cranmore, Croscombe, Ditcheat, Doulting, Downhead, East Pennard, Emborough, Evercreech, Holcombe, Lamyatt, Lydford, Milton Clevedon, Pilton, Pylle, Shepton Mallet, Stoke Lane, Stratton on the Fosse, and West Bradley, from Shepton Mallet registration district.	13191 in 1931
1.4.1936	(t)	Gained parts of the parish of Stratton on the Fosse (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Chilcompton and Midsomer Norton) from Clutton registration district.	1078 in 1931
1.4.1958	(u)	Lost parts of the parishes of Binegar and Stratton on the Fosse (which became parts of the parish of Chilcompton on 1.4.1958) to Norton Radstock registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(v)	Lost the constituent parishes of Ashwick, Baltonsborough, Batcombe, Binegar, Butleigh, Chewton Mendip, Cranmore, Croscombe, Dinder, Ditcheat, Doulting, Downhead, East Pennard, Emborough, Evercreech, Glastonbury, Godney, Holcombe, Lamyat, Lydford on Fosse, Meare, Milton Clevedon, North Wootton, Pilton, Priddy, Pylie, Rodney Stoke, Sharpham, Shepton Mallet, St. Cuthbert Out, Stoke St. Michael, Stratton on the Fosse, Street, Walton, Wells, West Bradley, West Pennard, Westbury, and Wookey, to Mendip registration district.	50409 in 1971

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