Bournemouth Registration District

BOURNEMOUTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hampshire (1932–74); Dorset (from 1974).
Created : 1.10.1932 (out of Bournemouth & Christchurch and Poole registration districts).
Abolished: 1.4.2019 (added to Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole registration district).
Sub-districts : Bournemouth; Bournemouth East; Bournemouth West; Royal Victoria Hospital
GRO volumes : 2b (1932–46); 6B (1946–74); 23 (1974–92).
District number : 94 (1932–46); 301 (1946–74); 427 (1974–2019).

Table 1A: List of Places in Bournemouth Registration District (1932–74)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bournemouth	Hampshire	1932	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area.

Table 1B: List of Places in Bournemouth Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Bournemouth registration district became part of the county of Dorset on 1.4.1974.

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Bournemouth*	Dorset	1974	2019	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Bournemouth. Abolished 1.4.2019 and added to the Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole unparished area. See also Table 2, note (e).
Burton	Dorset	1974	1997	Created 1.4.1974 out of the parish of Christchurch East. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Christchurch*	Dorset	1974	1997	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Christchurch. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Holdenhurst Village	Dorset	2013	2019	Created 1.4.2013 out of the Bournemouth unparished area. See also Table 2, note (e).
Hurn	Dorset	1974	1997	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bournemouth Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.10.1932 (created)	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Bournemouth from Bournemouth & Christchurch registration district.	116797 in 1931
1.10.1932 (created)	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Bournemouth (which until 1.4.1931 formed the parish of Kinson) from Poole registration district.	8496 in 1931
1.4.1974	(c)	Gained the Christchurch unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Christchurch) and the parishes of Burton and Hurn, from Christchurch registration district.	33648 in 1971
1.4.1997	(d)	Lost the Christchurch unparished area and the parishes of Burton and Hurn, to East Dorset registration district.	n/a
1.4.2019 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the Bournemouth unparished area (which was added to the Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole unparished area on 1.4.2019) and the parish of Holdenhurst Village to Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole registration district.	n/a

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