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WELLS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1: List of Places in Wells Registration District

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Ashwick

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Baltonsborough

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).

Batcombe

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Binegar

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l), (m) and (n).

Butleigh

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).

Chewton Mendip

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (j) and (n).

Cranmore

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Croscombe

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Dinder

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).

Ditcheat

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Doulting

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Downhead

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

East Pennard

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Emborough

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Evercreech

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Glastonbury

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).

Godney

Somerset

1904

1974

Created 1.4.1904 out of the parish of Meare. See also Table 2, note (n).

Green Oare

Somerset

1837

1885

Abolished 25.3.1885 and added to the parish of Chewton Mendip.

Holcombe

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Lamyat

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Lydford

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Meare

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).

Milton Clevedon

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

North Wootton

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (d), (g), (h), (h) and (n).

Pilton

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Priddy

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).

Pylle

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Rodney Stoke

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (i), (i) and (n).

Sharpham

Somerset

1894

1974

Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Glastonbury. See also Table 2, note (n).

Shepton Mallet

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

St. Andrew

Somerset

1837

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Wells.

St. Cuthbert In

Somerset

1837

1933

Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Wells.

St. Cuthbert Out

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).

Stoke Lane

Somerset

1936

1955

Renamed 2.2.1955 to become the parish of Stoke St. Michael. See also Table 2, notes (l) and (n).

Stoke St. Michael

Somerset

1955

1974

Created 2.2.1955 by renaming the parish of Stoke Lane. See also Table 2, note (n).

Stratton on the Fosse

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, notes (l), (k), (m) and (n).

Street

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).

Walton

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).

Wells

Somerset

1933

1974

Created 1.4.1933 out of the parishes of St. Cuthbert In, St. Cuthbert Out and St. Andrew. See also Table 2, note (n).

West Bradley

Somerset

1837

1879

See Table 2, note (a).

West Bradley

Somerset

1936

1974

See Table 2, note (l).

West Pennard

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, notes (h) and (n).

Westbury

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).

Wookey

Somerset

1837

1974

See Table 2, note (n).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wells Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.1.1880

(a)

Lost the parish of West Bradley to Shepton Mallet registration district.

176 in 1871

25.3.1883

(b)

Lost a detached part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which was added to the parish of Ston Easton on 25.3.1883) to Clutton registration district.

0 in 1891

(c)

Gained part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Litton) from Clutton registration district.

0 in 1891

(d)

Gained parts of the parishes of Chewton Mendip and North Wootton (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Emborough and Pilton) from Shepton Mallet registration district.

0 in 1891

25.3.1884

(e)

Lost detached parts of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which became parts of the parishes of Compton Martin and Ston Easton on 25.3.1884) to Clutton registration district.

19 in 1891

(f)

Gained parts of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 25.3.1884 formed detached parts of the parishes of Litton, Paulton and Ston Easton) from Clutton registration district.

12 in 1891

(g)

Lost a detached part of the parish of North Wootton (which was added to the parish of Pilton on 25.3.1884) to Shepton Mallet registration district.

0 in 1891

(h)

Gained parts of the parishes of Baltonsborough, Chewton Mendip, North Wootton, St. Cuthbert Out and West Pennard (which until 25.3.1884 formed detached parts of the parishes of Binegar, Croscombe, Emborough, Pilton and West Bradley) from Shepton Mallet registration district.

21 in 1891

25.3.1885

(i)

Gained parts of the parish of Rodney Stoke (which until 25.3.1885 formed detached parts of the parishes of Cheddar and Nyland with Batcomne) from Axbridge registration district.

307 in 1891

(j)

Gained part of the parish of Chewton Mendip (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Emborough) from Shepton Mallet registration district.

18 in 1891

1.4.1936

(k)

Gained parts of the parish of Stratton on the Fosse (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Chilcompton and Midsomer Norton) from Clutton registration district.

1078 in 1931

(l)

Gained the parishes of Ashwick, Batcombe, Binegar, Cranmore, Croscombe, Ditcheat, Doulting, Downhead, East Pennard, Emborough, Evercreech, Holcombe, Lamyat, Lydford, Milton Clevedon, Pilton, Pylle, Shepton Mallet, Stoke Lane, Stratton on the Fosse and West Bradley, from Shepton Mallet registration district.

13191 in 1931

1.4.1958

(m)

Lost parts of the parishes of Binegar and Stratton on the Fosse (which became parts of the parish of Chilcompton on 1.4.1958) to Norton Radstock registration district.

659 in 1951

1.4.1974 (abolished)

(n)

Lost the parishes of Ashwick, Baltonsborough, Batcombe, Binegar, Butleigh, Chewton Mendip, Cranmore, Croscombe, Dinder, Ditcheat, Doulting, Downhead, East Pennard, Emborough, Evercreech, Glastonbury, Godney, Holcombe, Lamyat, Lydford on Fosse, Meare, Milton Clevedon, North Wootton, Pilton, Priddy, Pylle, Rodney Stoke, Sharpham, Shepton Mallet, St. Cuthbert Out, Stoke St. Michael, Stratton on the Fosse, Street, Walton, Wells, West Bradley, West Pennard, Westbury and Wookey, to Mendip registration district.

50409 in 1971



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