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REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN LONDON

The list below shows the civil registration districts in London. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1891 to 1911.

For the purposes of these pages, "London" refers to:

 London was abolished on 1.4.1965 and added to Greater London.

Click on a district name to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales

 

Registration District

Registration County

From

To

Comments

Battersea

London

1930

1965

Created 1.4.1930 out of Wandsworth registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to Wandsworth registration district.

Bermondsey

London

1934

1965

Created: 1.4.1934 by renaming St. Olave Bermondsey registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to Southwark registration district.

Bethnal Green

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Bishopsgate

London

1837

1838

Renamed 1.4.1838 to become East London registration district.

Camberwell

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Surrey on 1.4.1889.

Chelsea

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

City of Westminster

London

1933

1965

Created 1.10.1933 out of St. George Hanover Square and St. Martin registration districts. Renamed 1.4.1965 to become Westminster registration district.

Deptford

London

1930

1965

Created 1.4.1930 out of Greenwich registration district.

East London

London

1838

1869

Created 1.4.1838 by renaming Bishopsgate registration district. Abolished 1.1.1870 and added to London City registration district.

Farringdon

London

1837

1838

Abolished 1.4.1838 and divided between West London and Strand registration districts.

Finsbury

London

1930

1965

Created 1.4.1930 out of Holborn registration district. Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to Islington registration district.

Fulham

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Greenwich

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Kent on 1.4.1889.

Hackney

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Hammersmith

London

1915

1965

Created 1.8.1915 out of Fulham registration district.

Hampstead

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Holborn

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Islington

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Kensington

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Lambeth

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Surrey on 1.4.1889.

Lewisham

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Kent on 1.4.1889.

Limehouse

London

1921

1925

Created 1.7.1921 by renaming Stepney registration district. Abolished 1.1.1926 and added to Stepney registration district.

London City

London

1837

1965

 

Marylebone

London

1889

1901

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Renamed 1.1.1902 to become St. Marylebone registration district.

Mile End Old Town

London

1889

1925

Transfarred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.1.1926 and added to Stepney registration district.

Paddington

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Pancras

London

1889

1901

Transferred from the count of Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Renamed 1.1.1902 to become St. Pancras registration district.

Poplar

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889.

Shoreditch

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to Hackney registration district.

Southwark

London

1901

1965

Created 1.4.1901 out of St. Saviour Southwark, Lambeth and Camberwell registration districts.

St. George Hanover Square

London

1889

1933

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.10.1933 and added to City of Westminster registration district

St. George in the East

London

1889

1925

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.1.1926 and added to Stepney registration district.

St. Giles

London

1889

1930

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.4.1930 and added to Holborn registration district.

St. Martin

London

1913

1933

Created 1.7.1913 from Strand and Westminster registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1933 and added to City of Westminster registration district

St. Marylebone

London

1902

1965

Created 1.1.1902 by renaming Marylebone registration district

St. Olave (Bermondsey)

London

1902

1934

Created 1.1.1902 by renaming St. Olave Southwark registration district. Renamed 1.4.1934 to become Bermondsey registration district.

St. Olave Southwark

London

1889

1901

Transfererd from Surrey on 1.4.1889, Renamed 1.1.1902 to become St. Olave (Bermondsey) registration district.

St. Pancras

London

1902

1965

Created 1.1.1902 by renaming Pancras registration district.

St. Saviour Southwark

London

1889

1901

Transferred from Surrey on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.4.1901 and added to Southwark, Lambeth and Camberwell registration districts.

Stepney

London

1889

1921

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Renamed 1.7.1921 to become Limehouse registration district.

Stepney

London

1926

1965

Created 1.1.1926 from Mile End Old Town, Whitechapel, Limehouse and St. George in the East registration districts.

Stoke Newington

London

1930

1965

Created 1.4.1930 out of Hackney registration district.

Strand

London

1837

1913

Abolished 1.7.1913 and added to St. Martin registration district.

Wandsworth

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Surrey on 1.4.1889.

West London

London

1838

1869

Created 1.4.1838 out of Farringdon registration district. Abolished 1.1.1870 and added to London City registration district.

Westminster

London

1889

1913

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.7.1913 and added to St. Martin registration district.

Whitechapel

London

1889

1925

Transferred from Middlesex on 1.4.1889. Abolished 1.1.1926 and added to Stepney registration district.

Woolwich

London

1889

1965

Transferred from Kent on 1.4.1889.


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