Driffield Registration District

DRIFFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire East Riding.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1937 (added to Buckrose registration district).
Sub-districts : Bainton, Driffield, Foston, Longtoft.
GRO volumes : XXIII (1837–51); 9d (1852–1937).
District number : 274c (1841–46); 523 (1847–80); 524 (1881–1908); 525 (1900–37).

Table 1: List of Places in Driffield Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bainton	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Beeford	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Bracken	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Walton.
Brigham	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Foston.
Butterwick	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Foxholes.
Cottam	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Cowlam	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Cottam.
Driffield	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Great Driffield, Emswell with Little Driffield and Skerne. See also Table 2, note (b).
Eastburn	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Kirkburn.
Emswell with Kelleythorpe	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 and added to the parish of Emswell with Little Driffield.
Emswell with Little Driffield	Yorkshire East Riding	1885	1935	Created 25.3.1885 out of the parishes of Emswell with Kelleythorpe and Little Driffield. Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between the parishes of Driffield, Garton and Kirkburn.
Fimber	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Foston	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Foston on the Wolds and Brigham. See also Table 2, note (b).
Foston on the Wolds	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Foston.
Foxholes	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Foxholes with Boythorpe and Butterwick. See also Table 2, note (b).
Foxholes with Boythorpe	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Foxholes.
Garton	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Garton on the Wolds and Emswell with Little Driffield. See also Table 2, note (b).
Garton on the Wolds	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Garton.
Gembling	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Beeford.
Great Driffield	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between the parishes of Driffield and Netherton.
Great Kelk	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Kelk.
Harpham	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Helperthorpe	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Lyttons.
Hutton Cranswick	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Kelk	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Great Kelk and Little Kelk. See also Table 2, note (b).
Kilham	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Kirkburn	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Kirkbuen & Battleburn, Southburn, Emswell with Little Driffield and Eastburn. See also Table 2, note (b).
Kirkburn & Battleburn	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Kirkburn.
Langtoft	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Little Driffield	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 and divided between the parishes of Emswell with Little Driffield and Great Driffield.
Little Kelk	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Kelk.
Lowthorpe	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Harpham.
Luttons	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Luttons Ambo and Helperthorpe. See also Table 2, note (b).
Luttons Ambo	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Luftons.
Middleton	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 by renaming the parish of Middleton on the Wolds. See also Table 2, note (b).
Middleton on the Wolds	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Renamed 1.4.1935 to become the parish of Middleton.
Nafferton	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Neswick	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Bainton.
North Dalton	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
North Frodingham	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Rotsea	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Hutton Cranswick.
Ruston Parva	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Harpham.
Skerne	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Sledmere	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Southburn	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Kirkburn.
Sunderlandwick	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Hutton Cranswick.
Tibthorpe	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Towthorpe	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Fimber.
Wansford	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to the parish of Skerne.
Watton	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Weaverthorpe	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).
Wetwang	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Driffield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1884	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Harpham (which until 25.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Burton Agnes) from Bridlington registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1937 (abolished)	(b)	Lost the parishes of Bainton, Beeford, Cottam, Driffield, Fimber, Foston, Foxholes, Garton, Harpham, Hutton Cranswick, Kelk, Kilham, Kirkburn, Langtoft, Luttons, Middleton, Nafferton, North Dalton, North Frodingham, Skerne, Sledmere, Tibthorpe, Watton, Weaverthorpe and Wetwang, to Buckrose registration district.	16965 in 1931

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