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REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN AVON

The list below shows the civil registration districts in the county of Avon between 1974 and 1996.

For the purposes of these pages, "Avon" refers to the non-metropolitan county of that name, which was created on 1.4.1974 from parts of the counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset.

The county of Avon was abolished on 1.4.1996 and divided between the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Bristol.

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

 

Registration DIstrct

Registration County

From

To

Comments

Bath

Avon

1974

1996

Transferred from Somerset on 1.4.1974. Abolished 1.4.1996 and divided between Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire registration districts.

Bristol

Avon

1974

1996

Transferred from Gloucestershire on 1.4.1974. Transferred to the county of Bristol on 1.4.1996.

Sodbury

Avon

1974

1996

Transferred from Gloucestershire on 1.4.1974. Abolished 1.4.1996 and added to South Gloucestershire registration district.

Thornbury

Avon

1974

1981

Transferred from Gloucestershire on 1.4.1974. Abolished 1.10.1981 and added to Bristol registration district.

Weston-super-Mare

Avon

1974

1996

Transferred from Somerset on 1.4.1974. Abolished 1.4.1996 and added to North Somerset registration district.


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