List of Districts |
Table 1: List of Places in Witney Registration District
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Alvescot |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Asthal |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, notes (c) and (g). |
|
Aston & Cote |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Aston Bampton. |
|
Aston Bampton |
1932 |
1954 |
Created 1.4.1932 from the parishes of Aston & Cole and Chimney. Abolished 1.4.1954 and added to the parish of Aston Bampton & Shifford |
|
Aston Bampton & Shifford |
1954 |
1982 |
Created 1.4.1954 from the separate parishes of Aston Bampton and Shifford. |
|
Bampton |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Black Bourton |
1837 |
1971 |
Abolished 1.4.1971 and added to the parish of Carterton & Black Bourton. |
|
Bladon |
1932 |
1982 |
See Table 2, notes (e), (f) and (g). |
|
Brices Lodge |
1837 |
1868 |
Abolished 25.12.1868 and added to the parish of Leafield. |
|
Brighthampton |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Standlake. |
|
Brize Norton |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Broadwell |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Broughton Poggs |
1837 |
1954 |
On 20.10.1844 a detached part of the parish of Broughton Poggs became part of Gloucestershire; on 25.3.1886 this same area became part of the parish of Lechlade, so that thereafter Broughton Poggs was again wholly in Oxfordshire. Abolished 1.4.1954 and added to the parish of Filkins & Broughton Poggs. See also Table 2, note (b). |
|
1844 |
1886 |
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Burford |
1837 |
1954 |
Abolished 1.4.1954 and added to the parish of Burford & Upton & Signet. |
|
Burford |
1979 |
1982 |
Created 1979 by renaming the parish of Burford & Upton & Signett. See also Table 2, note (g). |
|
Burford & Upton & Signett |
1954 |
1979 |
Created 1.4.1954 from the parishes of Upton & SIgnet and Burford. Renamed 1979 to become the parish of Burford. |
|
Carterton & Black Bourton |
1971 |
1982 |
Created 1.4.1971 out of the parishes of Black Bourton and Brize Norton. See also Table 2, note (g). |
|
Cassington |
1932 |
1982 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (g). |
|
Chimney |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Aston Bampton. |
|
Clanfield |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Cogges |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and divided between the parishes of Witney, Ducklington and South Leigh. |
|
Crawley |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Curbridge |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Ducklington |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Eynsham |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Filkins |
1837 |
1886 |
Abolished 25.3.1886 and added to the parish of Broadwell. |
|
Filkins |
1894 |
1954 |
Created 26.3.1894 out of the parish of Broadwell. Abolished 1.4.1954 and added to the parish of Filkins & Broughton Poggs. |
|
Filkins & Broughton Poggs |
1954 |
1982 |
Created 1.4.1954 from the separate parishes of Filkins and Broughton Poggs. See also Table 2, note (g). |
|
Freeland |
1948 |
1982 |
Created 1.4.1948 out of the parish of Handborough. See also Table 2, note (g). |
|
Fulbrook |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Grafton & Radcot |
1932 |
1982 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (g). |
|
Hailey |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Hanborough |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Hardwick |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and divided between the parishes of Hardwick with Yelford and Standlake. |
|
Hardwick with Yelford |
1932 |
1982 |
Created 1.4.1932 out of the parishes of Hardwick, Standlake, Telford and Ducklington. See also Table 2, note (g). |
|
Holwell |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Kelmscott |
1932 |
1982 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (g). |
|
Kencot |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Langford |
1932 |
1982 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (g). |
|
Leafield |
1932 |
1932 |
That part which until 1.4.1932 formed part of the parish of Asthal. See also Table 2, note (c). |
|
Lew |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Little Faringdon |
1932 |
1982 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (g). |
|
Minster Lovell |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
North Leigh |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Northmoor |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Osney Hill |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of North Leigh. |
|
Ramsden |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Shifford |
1837 |
1954 |
Abolished 1.4.1954 and added to the parish of Aston Bampton & Shifford |
|
Shilton |
1837 |
1844 |
The part in Berkshire was transferred to Oxfordshire on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (g). |
|
1837 |
1982 |
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South Leigh |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Standlake |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Stanton Harcourt |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Stonelands |
1837 |
1868 |
Abolished 25.12.1868 and added to the parish of Shilton. |
|
Swinbrook |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and divided between the parishes of Swinbrook & Widford, Shilton and Asthal. |
|
Swinbrook & Widford |
1932 |
1982 |
Created 1.4.1932 from the parishes of Swinbrook, Widford, Fulbrook and Shilton. See also Table 2, note (g). |
|
Taynton |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Unnamed |
1894 |
1898 |
Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Witney. Abolished 1.4.1898 and added to the parish of Witney. |
|
Upton & Signet |
1837 |
1954 |
Abolished 1.4.1954 and added to the parish of Burford & Upton & Signet. |
|
Westwell |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Widford |
1837 |
1844 |
Transferred from Gloucstershire to Oxfordshire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1.4.1932 and divided between the parishes of Swinbrook & Widford and Shilton. |
|
1844 |
1932 |
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Wilcote |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of North Leigh. |
|
Witney |
1837 |
1982 |
See Table 2, note (g). |
|
Yelford |
1837 |
1932 |
Abolished 1.4.1932 and added to the parish of Hardwick with Yelford. |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Witney Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
25.12.1868 |
(a) |
Lost the parish of Brices Lodge (which became part of the parish of Leafield on 25.12.1868) to Chipping Norton registration district. |
3 in 1861 |
25.3.1886 |
(b) |
Lost the Gloucestershire part of the parish of Broughton Poggs (which was added to the parish of Lechlade on 25.3.1886) to Faringdon registration district. |
26 in 1891 |
1.10.1932 |
(c) |
Lost the part in the parish of Leafield (which until 1.4.1932 formed part of the parish of Asthal) to Chipping Norton registration district. |
19 in 1931 |
(d) |
Gained the parishes of Grafton & Radcot, Kelmscott, Langford and Little Faringdon, from Faringdon registration district. |
574 in 1931 |
|
(e) |
Gained the parishes of Bladon and Cassington from Woodstock registration district. |
788 in 1931 |
|
1.4.1954 |
(f) |
Gained part of the parish of Bladon (which until 1.4.1954 formed part of the parish of Hensington Without) from Chipping Norton registration district. |
88 in 1951 |
1.4.1982 (abolished) |
(g) |
Lost the parishes of Alvescot, Asthal, Aston Bampton & Shifford, Bampton, Bladon, Brize Norton, Broadwell, Burford, Carterton & Black Bourton, Cassington, Clanfield, Crawley, Curbridge, Ducklington, Eynsham, Filkins & Broughton Poggs, Freeland, Fulbrook, Grafton & Radcot, Hailey, Hanborough, Hardwick with Yelford, Holwell, Kelmscott, Kencot, Langford, Lew, Little Faringdon, Minster Lovell, North Leigh, Northmoor, Ramsden, Shilton, South Leigh, Standlake, Stanton Harcourt, Swinbrook & Widford, Taynton, Westwell and Witney, to West Oxfordshire registration district. |
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