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REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN BEDFORDSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Bedfordshire since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

For the purposes of these pages, "Bedfordshire" refers to:

Click on a district name in the table below to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.

 

Registration District

Registration County

From

To

Comments

Ampthill

Bedfordshire

1837

1999

Abolished 1.5.1999 and added to Bedfordshire registration district.

Bedford

Bedfordshire

1837

1999

Abolished 1.5.1999 and added to Bedfordshire registration district.

Bedford

Bedfordshire

2009

 

Created 1.4.2009 out of Bedfordshire registration district.

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

1999

2009

Created 1.5.1999 from Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2009 and divided into Central Bedfordshire and Bedford registration districts.

Biggleswade

Bedfordshire

1837

1999

Abolished 1.5.1999 and added to Bedfordshire registration district.

Central Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

2009

 

Created 1.4.2009 out of Bedfordshire registration district.

Dunstable

Bedfordshire

1964

1999

Created 1.4.1964 out of Luton and Leighton Buzzard registration districts. Abolished 1.5.1999 and added to Bedfordshire registration district.

Hitchin

Hertfordshire

1837

1897

Partly in Bedfordshire until 30.9.1897.

Leighton Buzzard

Bedfordshire

1837

1999

Abolished 1.5.1999 and added to Bedfordshire registration district.

Luton

Bedfordshire

1837

 

 

St. Neots

Huntingdonshire

1837

1935

Partly in Bedfordshire until 1.4.1935.

Wellingborough

Northamptonshire

1837

1935

Partly in Bedfordshire until 1.4.1935.

Woburn

Bedfordshire

1837

1899

Abolished 1.10.1899 and divided between Ampthill and Leighton Buzzard registration districts.


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