Cambridge Registration District

CAMBRIDGE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Cambridgeshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1935 (added to Cambridgeshire registration district).
Re-created : 1.4.1974 (by renaming Cambridgeshire registration district).
Abolished : 1.10.2007 (added to Cambridgeshire registration district).
Sub-districts : Cambridge; St. Andrew the Great; St. Andrew the Less; St. Giles; St. Mary the Great.
GRO volumes : XIV (1837–51); 3b (1852–1935); 9 (1974–92).
District number : 96 (1841–46); 187 (1847–69); 178 (1870–80); 179 (1881–1908); 181 (1909–35); 331 (1974–2007).

Table 1A: List of Places in Cambridge Registration District (1837–1935)

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
All Saints	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	1900	1935	Created 26.3.1900 from the parishes of St. Andrew the Less, St. Giles, St. Andrew the Great, Holy Trinity, St. Mary the Less, St. Clement, All Saints, St. Benedict, St. Mary the Great, St. Botolph, Holy Sepulchre, St. Edward and St. Michael. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Holy Sepulchre	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
Holy Trinity	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Andrew the Great	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Andrew the Less	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Benedict	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Botolph	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Clement	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Edward	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Giles	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Mary the Great	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Mary the Less	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Michael	Cambridgeshire	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and added to the parish of Cambridge.
St. Peter	Cambridgeshire	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 and added to the parish of St. Giles.

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

Civil Parish (*or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Abington Pigotts	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Arrington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Ashley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Babraham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Balsham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Bar Hill	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Barrington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Bartlow	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Barton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Bottisham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Bourn	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Boxworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Brinkley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Burrough Green	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Burwell	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Caldecote	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Cambridge*	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Cambridge. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Cambourne	Cambridgeshire	2004	2007	Created 1.4.2004 out of the parishes of Bourn, Caxton and Knapwell. See also Table 2, note (d).
Carlton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	Created before 1.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Carlton cum Willingham. See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Castle Camps	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Caxton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Cheveley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Childerley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Chippenham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Comberton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Conington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Coton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Cottenham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Croxton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Croydon	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Dry Drayton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Dullingham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Duxford	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Elsworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Eltisley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Fen Ditton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Fen Drayton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Fordham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Fowlmere	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Foxton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Fulbourn	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Gamlingay	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Girton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Grantchester	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Graveley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Great & Little Chishill	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Great Abington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Great Eversden	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Great Shelford	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Great Wilbraham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Guilden Morden	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Hardwick	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Harlton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Harston	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Haslingfield	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Hatley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Hauxton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Heydon	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Hildersham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Hinxton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Histon	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Horningsea	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Horseheath	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Ickleton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Impington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Isleham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Kennett	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Kingston	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Kirtling	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Knapwell	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Landbeach	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Linton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Litlington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Little Abington	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Little Eversden	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Little Gransden	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Little Shelford	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Little Wilbraham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Lode	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Lolworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Longstanton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Longstowe	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Madingley	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Melbourn	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Meldreth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Milton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Newton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Oakington	Cambridgeshire	1974	1985	Abolished 1.4.1985 and divided between the parishes of Oakington & Westwick and Longstanton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Oakington & Westwick	Cambridgeshire	1985	2007	Created 1.4.1985 out of the parishes of Oakington, Westwick, Histon and Longstanton. See also Table 2, note (d).
Orwell	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Over	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Pampisford	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Papworth Everard	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Papworth St. Agnes	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Rampton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Reach	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Sawston	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Shepreth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Shingay cum Wendy	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Shudy Camps	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Snailwell	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Soham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Stapleford	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Steeple Morden	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Stetchworth	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Stow cum Quy	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Swaffham Bulbeck	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Swaffham Prior	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Swavesey	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Tadlow	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Teversham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Thriplow	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Toft	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Waterbeach	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
West Wickham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
West Wratting	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Westley Waterless	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Weston Colville	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Westwick	Cambridgeshire	1974	1985	Abolished 1.4.1985 and divided between the parishes of Oakington & Westwick and Cottenham. See also Table 2, note (c).
Whaddon	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Whittlesford	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Wicken	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Willingham	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Wimpole	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Woodditton	Cambridgeshire	1974	2007	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Cambridge Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1923	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Cambridge (which until 1.4.1923 formed the parishes of Cambridge Without and Chesterton) from Chesterton registration district.	17203 in 1921
1.4.1935 (abolished)	(b)	Lost the constiuent parish of Cambridge to Cambridgeshire registration district.	66789 in 1931
1.4.1974 (re-created)	(c)	Gained the Cambridge unparished area and the parishes of Abington Pigotts, Arrington, Ashley, Babraham, Balsham, Bar Hill, Barrington, Bartlow, Barton, Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Bottisham, Bourn, Boxworth, Brinkley, Burrough Green, Burwell, Caldecote, Carlton, Castle Camps, Caxton, Cheveley, Childerley, Chippenham, Comberton, Conington, Coton, Cottenham, Croxton, Croydon, Dry Drayton, Dullingham, Duxford, Elsworth, Eltisley, Fen Ditton, Fen Drayton, Fordham, Fowlmere, Foxton, Fulbourn, Gamlingay, Girton, Grantchester, Graveley, Great & Little Chishill, Great Abington, Great Eversden, Great Shelford, Great Wilbraham, Guilden Morden, Hardwick, Harlton, Harston, Haslingfield, Hatley, Hauxton, Heydon, Hildersham, Hinxton, Histon, Horningsea, Horseheath, Ickleton, Impington, Isleham, Kennett, Kingston, Kirtling, Knapwell, Landbeach, Linton, Litlington, Little Abington, Little Eversden, Little Gransden, Little Shelford, Little Wilbraham, Lode, Lolworth, Longstanton, Longstowe, Madingley, Melbourn, Meldreth, Milton, Newton, Oakington, Orwell, Over, Pampisford, Papworth Everard, Papworth St. Agnes, Rampton, Reach, Sawston, Shepreth, Shingay cum Wendy, Shudy Camps, Snailwell, Soham, Stapleford, Steeple Morden, Stetchworth, Stow cum Quy, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior, Swavesey, Tadlow, Teversham, Thriplow, Toft, Waterbeach, West Wickham, West Wratting, Westley Waterless, Weston Colville, Westwick, Whaddon, Whittlesford, Wicken, Willingham, Wimpole and Woodditton, from Cambridgeshire registration district.	211953 in 1971
1.10.2007 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the Cambridge unparished area and the parishes of Abington Pigotts, Arrington, Ashley, Babraham, Balsham, Bar Hill, Barrington, Bartlow, Barton, Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth, Bottisham, Bourn, Boxworth, Brinkley, Burrough Green, Burwell, Caldecote, Cambourne, Carlton, Castle Camps, Caxton, Cheveley, Childerley, Chippenham, Comberton, Conington, Coton, Cottenham, Croxton, Croydon, Dry Drayton, Dullingham, Duxford, Elsworth, Eltisley, Fen Ditton, Fen Drayton, Fordham, Fowlmere, Foxton, Fulbourn, Gamlingay, Girton, Grantchester, Graveley, Great & Little Chishill, Great Abington, Great Eversden, Great Shelford, Great Wilbraham, Guilden Morden, Hardwick, Harlton, Harston, Haslingfield, Hatley, Hauxton, Heydon, Hildersham, Hinxton, Histon, Horningsea, Horseheath, Ickleton, Impington, Isleham, Kennett, Kingston, Kirtling, Knapwell, Landbeach, Linton, Litlington, Little Abington, Little Eversden, Little Gransden, Little Shelford, Little Wilbraham, Lode, Lolworth, Longstanton, Longstowe, Madingley, Melbourn, Meldreth, Milton, Newton, Oakington & Westwick, Orwell, Over, Pampisford, Papworth Everard, Papworth St. Agnes, Rampton, Reach, Sawston, Shepreth, Shingay cum Wendy, Shudy Camps, Snailwell, Soham, Stapleford, Steeple Morden, Stetchworth, Stow cum Quy, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior, Swavesey, Tadlow, Teversham, Thriplow, Toft, Waterbeach, West Wickham, West Wratting, Westley Waterless, Weston Colville, Whaddon, Whittlesford, Wicken, Willingham, Wimpole and Woodditton, to Cambridgeshire registration district.	256654 in 2001

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