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Table 1A: List of Places in Wisbech Registration District (1837–1974)
All the Cambridgeshire areas in Wisbech registration district became
part of the county of Isle of Ely on 1.4.1889.
All the areas in Wisbech registration district became part of the county of Cambridgeshire
& Isle of Ely on 1.4.1965.
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Central Wingland |
1897 |
1897 |
That part which until 30.9.1897 formed parts of the parishes of Terrington St. Clement, Walpole St. Andrew and Walpole St. Peter. See also Table 2, note (d). |
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Clenchwarton |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, notes (c) and (i). |
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Denver |
1935 |
1938 |
That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Upwell. See also Table 2, note (h). |
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Elm |
1837 |
1889 |
See Table 2, note (k). |
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1889 |
1965 |
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1965 |
1974 |
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Emneth |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
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Leverington |
1837 |
1889 |
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1889 |
1965 |
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1965 |
1974 |
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March |
1933 |
1938 |
That part which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Wisbech St. Peter. See also Table 2, note (j). |
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Marshland St. James |
1935 |
1938 |
Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Walpole St. Peter, West Walton, Walsoken, Terrington St. Clement, Emneth, Terrington St. John, Walpole St. Andrew, Tilney St. Lawrence, Tilney All Saints, Clenchwarton, Tilney with Islington and Outwell. See also Table 2, note (i). |
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Newton |
1837 |
1889 |
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1889 |
1965 |
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1965 |
1974 |
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Nordelph |
1930 |
1938 |
That part which until 1.10.1930 formed part of the parishes of Outwell and Upwell. See also Table 2, note (h). |
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Outwell |
1889 |
1965 |
Created 1.4.1889 from the Cambridgeshire part of the parish of Outwell. |
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1965 |
1974 |
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Outwell |
1837 |
1889 |
In 1889 the Cambridgeshire part of the parish of Outwell became a separate parish in the Isle of Ely. See also Table 2, notes (h) and (h). |
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1837 |
1938 |
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Parson Drove |
1837 |
1889 |
See Table 2, notes (f) and (g). |
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1889 |
1965 |
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1965 |
1974 |
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Sutton St. Edmund |
1934 |
1935 |
That part which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Parson Drove. See also Table 2, note (f). |
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Terrington St. Clement |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (i). |
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Terrington St. John |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
|
Tilney All Saints |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
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Tilney St. Lawrence |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
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Tilney with Islington |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between the parishes of Tilney St. Lawrence and Marshland St. James. |
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Tydd St. Giles |
1837 |
1889 |
See Table 2, notes (f) and (g). |
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1889 |
1965 |
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1965 |
1974 |
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Tydd St. Mary |
1934 |
1935 |
That part which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Tydd St. Giles. See also Table 2, note (f). |
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Upwell |
1889 |
1965 |
Created 1.4.1889 from the Cambridgeshire part of the parish of Upwell. |
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1965 |
1974 |
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Upwell |
1837 |
1889 |
In 1889 the Cambridgeshire part of the parish of Upwell became a separate parish in the Isle of Ely. See also Table 2, notes (a), (b), (h), (h) and (h). |
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1837 |
1938 |
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Walpole St. Andrew |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (i). |
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Walpole St. Peter |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, notes (d) and (i). |
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Walsoken |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
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Walsoken Hungate |
1894 |
1934 |
Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Emneth in Walsoken Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1934 and added to the parish of Walsoken. |
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Welney |
1935 |
1938 |
That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Upwell. See also Table 2, note (h). |
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West Walton |
1837 |
1938 |
See Table 2, note (i). |
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Wisbech St. Mary |
1837 |
1889 |
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1889 |
1965 |
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1965 |
1974 |
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Wisbech St. Peter |
1837 |
1889 |
Renamed 1.4.1974 to become the parish of Wisbech. See also Table 2, note (j). |
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1889 |
1965 |
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1965 |
1974 |
Table 1B: List of Places in Wisbech Registration District (1974–80)
All the areas in Wisbech registration district became part of the county of Cambridgeshire on 1.4.1974.
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Elm |
1974 |
1980 |
See Table 2, note (l) |
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Leverington |
1974 |
1980 |
See Table 2, note (l) |
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Newton |
1974 |
1980 |
See Table 2, note (l) |
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Outwell |
1974 |
1980 |
See Table 2, note (l) |
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Parson Drove |
1974 |
1980 |
See Table 2, note (l) |
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Tydd St. Giles |
1974 |
1980 |
See Table 2, note (l) |
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Upwell |
1974 |
1980 |
See Table 2, note (l) |
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Wisbech |
1974 |
1980 |
Created 1.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Wisbech. See also Table 2, note (l). |
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Wisbech St. Mary |
1974 |
1980 |
See Table 2, note (l) |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wisbech Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
25.3.1884 |
(a) |
Lost parts of the parish of Upwell (which became parts of the parish of Welney on 25.3.1884) to Downham registration district. |
14 in 1891 |
(b) |
Gained part of the parish of Upwell (which until 25.3.1884 formed part of the parish of Welney) from Downham registration district. |
29 in 1891 |
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25.3.1885 |
(c) |
Lost two detached parts of the parish of Clenchwarton (which became parts of the parishes of North Lynn and West Lynn on 25.3.1885) to King's Lynn registration district. |
0 in 1891 |
1.11.1897 |
(d) |
Lost the part in the parish of Central Wingland (which until 30.9.1897 formed parts of the parishes of Terrington St. Clement, Walpole St. Andrew and Walpole St. Peter) to Holbeach registration district. |
46 in 1891 |
(e) |
Gained part of the parish of Terrington St. Clement (which until 30.9.1897 formed part of the parish of Central Wingland) from Holbeach registration district. |
0 in 1891 |
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1.1.1936 |
(f) |
Lost the parts in the parishes of Sutton St. Edmund and Tydd St. Mary (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Parson Drove and Tydd St. Giles) to East Elloe registration district. |
26 in 1931 |
(g) |
Gained parts of the parishes of Parson Drove and Tydd St. Giles (which until 1.1.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Sutton St. Edmund and Tydd St. Mary) from Holbeach registration district. |
162 in 1931 |
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1.4.1938 |
(h) |
Lost the parts in the parishes of Denver, Nordelph and Welney (which until 1.10.1930 and 1.4.1935 formed parts of the parishes of Outwell and Upwell) and the parishes of Outwell and Upwell, to Downham registration district. |
3580 in 1931 |
(i) |
Lost the parishes of Clenchwarton, Emneth, Marshland St. James, Terrington St. Clement, Terrington St. John, Tilney All Saints, Tilney St. Lawrence, Walpole St. Andrew, Walpole St. Peter, Walsoken and West Walton, to Freebridge Lynn registration district. |
12242 in 1931 |
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(j) |
Lost the part in the parish of March (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Wisbech St. Peter) to March registration district. |
6 in 1931 |
|
(k) |
Gained part of the parish of Elm (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of March) from March registration district. |
3 in 1931 |
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1.7.1980 (abolished) |
(l) |
Lost the parishes of Elm, Leverington, Newton, Outwell, Parson Drove, Tydd St. Giles, Upwell, Wisbech and Wisbech St. Mary, to Fenland registration district. |
30010 in 1971 |
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