New Forest Registration District

NEW FOREST REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hampshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.2008 (added to Hampshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Eling; Fawley; Lyndhurst; Lymington; New Forest.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837–51); 2b (1852–1946); 6B (1946–74); 20 (1974–92).
District number : 62b (1841–46); 104 (1847–69); 95 (1870–80); 96 (1881–1908); 98 (1909–46); 306 (1946–74); 494 (1974–2008).

Table 1: List of Places in New Forest Registration District

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Ashurst & Colbury	Hampshire	1985	2008	Created 1.4.1985 out of the parish of Toton & Eling. See also Table 2, note (h).
Beaulieu	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (h).
Boldre	Hampshire	1932	2008	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Bramshaw	Hampshire	1837	2008	On 30.9.1895 the part in Wiltshire became the separate parish of East Bramshaw, so that thereafer Bramshaw was entirely in Hampshire. See also Table 2, notes (e) and (h).
Bramshaw	Wiltshire	1895	1895
Breamore	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Brockenhurst	Hampshire	1932	2008	See also Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Burley	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Bransgore	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Colbury	Hampshire	1894	1934	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parish of Eling. Abolished 1.10.1934 and divided between the parishes of Denny Lodge and Eling.
Copythorne	Hampshire	1894	2008	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parish of Eling. See also Table 2, note (h).
Damerham	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Denny Lodge	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (h).
Dibden	Hampshire	1837	1984	Renamed 1.8.1984 to become the parish of Hythe & Dibden. See also Table 2, note (d).
East Boldre	Hampshire	1932	2008	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
East Bramshaw	Hampshire	1895	1932	Created 30.9.1895 from the Wiltshire part of the parish of Bramshaw. Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Bramshaw.
Eling	Hampshire	1837	1974	Renamed 1.4.1974 to become the parish of Totton & Eling. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ellingham, Harbridge & Ibsley	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Exbury & Lepe	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (h).
Fawley	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (h).
Fordingbridge	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Godshill	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Hale	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Hordle	Hampshire	1979	2008	Created 1.4.1979 out of the New Forest unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h).
Hyde	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Hythe & Dibden	Hampshire	1984	2008	Created 1.8.1984 by renaming the parish of Dibden. See also Table 2, note (h).
Lymington	Hampshire	1932	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the New Forest unparished area. See also Table 2, note (b).
Lymington & Pennington	Hampshire	1979	2008	Created 1.4.1979 out of the New Forest unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h).
Lyndhurst	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (h).
Marchwood	Hampshire	1894	2008	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parish of Eling. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (h).
Martin	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Milford on Sea	Hampshire	1979	2008	Created 1.4.1979 out of the New Forest unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h).
Minstead	Hampshire	1837	2008	See Table 2, note (h).
Netley Marsh	Hampshire	1894	2008	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parish of Eling. See also Table 2, note (h).
New Forest*	Hampshire	1974	1979	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Lymington. Abolished 1.4.1979 and divided between the parishes of Hordle, Lymington & Pennington, Milford on Sea and New Milton.
New Milton	Hampshire	1979	2008	Created 1.4.1979 out of the New Forest unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h).
No Man's Land	Wiltshire	1837	1869	See Table 2, note (a).
Rhinefield	Hampshire	1932	2008	See Table 2, notes (b), (f) and (h).
Ringwood	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Rockbourne	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Sandleheath	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Sopley	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Sway	Hampshire	1932	2008	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Totton & Eling	Hampshire	1974	2008	Created 1.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Eling. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (h).
Whitsbury	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Woodgreen	Hampshire	1999	2008	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting New Forest Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
15.12.1869	(a)	Lost the parish of No Man's Land to Alderbury registration district.	149 in 1861
1.10.1932	(b)	Gained the parishes of Boldre, Brockenhurst, East Boldre, Lymington, Rhinefield and Sway, from Lymington registration district.	22386 in 1931
1.4.1954	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Eling (which until 1.4.1954 formed part of the parish of Millbrook) from Romsey & Stockbridge registration district.	0 in 1951
1.4.1978	(d)	Lost parts of the parishes of Dibden, Marchwood and Totton & Eling (which was added to the Southampton unparished area on 1.4.1978) to Southampton registration district.	0 in 1978
1.4.1979	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Bramshaw (which until 1.4.1979 formed part of the parish of Fordingbridge) from Ringwood & Fordingbridge registration district.	n/a
1.4.1979	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Rhinefield (which was added to the parish of Burley on 1.4.1979) to Ringwood & Fordingbridge registration district.	n/a
1.5.1999	(g)	Gained the parishes of Breamore, Burley, Bransgore, Damerham; Ellingham, Harbridge & Ibsley; Fordingbridge, Godshill, Hale, Hyde, Martin, Ringwood, Rockbourne, Sandleheath, Sopley, Whitsbury and Woodgreen, from Ringwood & Fordingbridge registration district.	n/a
1.4.2008 (abolished)	(h)	Lost the parishes of Ashurst & Colbury, Beaulieu, Boldre, Bramshaw, Bransgore, Breamore, Brockenhurst, Burley, Copythorne, Damerham, Denny Lodge, East Boldre, Ellingham, Harbridge & Ibsley; Exbury & Lepe, Fawley, Fordingbridge, Godshill, Hale, Hordle, Hyde, Hythe & Dibden, Lymington & Pennington, Lyndhurst, Marchwood, Martin, Milford on Sea, Minstead, Netley Marsh, New Milton, Ringwood, Rockbourne, Sandleheath, Sopley, Sway, Totton & Eling, Whitsbury and Woodgreen, to Hampshire registration district.	169331 in 2001

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