List of Districts |
Table 1: List of Places in Bridport Registration District
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Allington |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Askerswell |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Beaminster |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Bettiscombe |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Bothenhampton |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Bradpole |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Bridport |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Broadwindsor |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g), (i), (l) and (m). |
|
Burstock |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Burton Bradstock |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Catherston Leweston |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Charmouth |
1896 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (e) and (m). |
|
Chedington |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Chideock |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Chilcombe |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Corscombe |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
East Chelborough |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Evershot |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Halstock |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Hooke |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Litton Cheney |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (c) and (m). |
|
Loders |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Longbredy |
1894 |
1895 |
That part which until 1.2.1894 formed part of the parish of Litton Cheney. See also Table 2, note (c). |
|
Lyme Regis |
1936 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (f) and (m). |
|
Mapperton |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Marshwood |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g), (l) and (m). |
|
Melbury Osmond |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Melbury Sampford |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Mosterton |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Netherbury |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
North Poorton |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Pilsdon |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Powerstock |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Puncknowle |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (d), (h) and (m). |
|
Rampisham |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Seaborough |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Shipton Gorge |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
South Perrott |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g), (i) and (m). |
|
Stanton St. Gabriel |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Stoke Abbott |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Swyre |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Symondsbury |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, note (m). |
|
Thorncombe |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g), (i), (j) and (m). |
|
Walditch |
1837 |
1894 |
Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Brothenhampton and Bridport. |
|
West Chelborough |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
|
Whitchurch Canonicorum |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (b), (g) and (m). |
|
Wootton Fitzpaine |
1837 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (m). |
|
Wraxall |
1937 |
1997 |
See Table 2, notes (g) and (m). |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bridport Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
25.3.1883 |
(a) |
Gained part of the parish of Wootton Fitzpane (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Bettiscombe) from Beaminster registration district. |
2 in 1891 |
25.3.1884 |
(b) |
Lost detached parts of the parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum (which became parts of the parishes of Bettiscombe and Marshwood on 25.3.1884) to Beaminster registration district. |
20 in 1891 |
1.2.1895 |
(c) |
Lost the part in the parish of Longbredy (which until 1.2.1894 formed part of the parish of Litton Cheney) to Dorchester registration district. |
49 in 1891 |
(d) |
Gained part of the parish of Puncknowle (which until 30.9.1894 formed part of the parish of Abbotsbury) from Weymouth registration district. |
39 in 1891 |
|
1.5.1896 |
(e) |
Gained the parish of Charmouth from Axminster registration district. |
535 in 1891 |
1.7.1936 |
(f) |
Gained the parish of Lyme Regis from Axminster registration district. |
2620 in 1931 |
1.4.1937 |
(g) |
Gained the parishes of Beaminster, Bettiscombe, Broadwindsor, Burstock, Chedington, Corscombe, East Chelborough, Evershot, Halstock, Hooke, Mapperton, Marshwood, Melbury Osmond, Melbury Sampford, Mosterton, Netherbury, North Poorton, Pilsdon, Powerstock, Rampisham, Seaborough, South Perrott, Stoke Abbott, Thorncombe, West Chelborough and Wraxall, from Beaminster registration district. |
8018 in 1931 |
(h) |
Lost part of the parish of Puncknowle (which was added to the parish of Abbotsbury on 1.4.1933) to Weymouth registration district. |
10 in 1931 |
|
1.4.1966 |
(i) |
Lost parts of the parishes of Broadwindsor, South Perrott and Thorncombe (which became parts of the parishes of Chard, Misterton and West Crewkerne on 1.4.1966) to Chard registration district. |
78 in 1961 |
(j) |
Gained parts of the parishes of Broadwindsor and Thorncombe (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Chard, Wayford and Winsham) from Chard registration district. |
101 in 1961 |
|
(k) |
Lost part of the parish of Wootton Fitzpaine (which was added to the parish of Hawkchurch on 1.4.1966) to Honiton registration district. |
3 in 1961 |
|
(l) |
Gained parts of the parishes of Marshwood, Thorncombe, Whitchurch Canonicorum and Wootton Fitzpaine (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parish of Hawkchurch) from Honiton registration district. |
13 in 1961 |
|
1.4.1997 (abolished) |
(m) |
Lost the parishes of Allington, Askerswell, Beaminster, Bettiscombe, Bothenhampton, Bradpole, Bridport, Broadwindsor, Burstock, Burton Bradstock, Catherston Leweston, Charmouth, Chedington, Chideock, Chilcombe, Corscombe, East Chelborough, Evershot, Halstock, Hooke, Litton Cheney, Loders, Lyme Regis, Mapperton, Marshwood, Melbury Osmond, Melbury Sampford, Mosterton, Netherbury, North Poorton, Pilsdon, Powerstock, Puncknowle, Rampisham, Seaborough, Shipton Gorge, South Perrott, Stanton St. Gabriel, Stoke Abbott, Swyre, Symondsbury, Thorncombe, West Chelborough, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Wootton Fitzpaine and Wraxall, to West Dorset registration district. |
80981 in 1991 |
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