Kingsbridge Registration District

KINGSBRIDGE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Devon.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1998 (to become part of South Hams registration district).
Sub-districts : Blackawton, Kingsbridge, Modbury, Stokenham, West Alvington.
GRO volumes : IX (1837-51), 5b (1852-1946), 7A (1946-74), 21 (1974-92).

Table 1: List of Places in Kingsbridge Registration District

Civil Parish (* or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Aveton Gifford	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Bigbury	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Blackawton	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Buckland Tout Saints	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Charleton	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Chivelstone	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Churchstow	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Dodbrooke	Devon	1837	1893	Abolished 26.3.1893 to become part of the parish of Kingsbridge & Dodbrooke.
East Allington	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (f) and (g).
East Portlemouth	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Frogmore & Sherford	Devon	1986	1998	Created 1.4.1986 from the parishes of Charleton, Sherford, and South Pool. See also Table 2, note (g).
Kingsbridge	Devon	1837	1893	Abolished 26.3.1893 to become part of the parish of Kingsbridge & Dodbrooke.
Kingsbridge	Devon	1974	1998	Created 1.4.1974 by renaming the parish of Kingsbridge & Dodbrooke. See also Table 2, note (g).
Kingsbridge & Dodbrooke	Devon	1893	1974	Created 26.3.1893 from the separate parishes of Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke. Renamed 1.4.1974 to become the parish of Kingsbridge.
Kingston	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Loddiswell	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Malborough	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Modbury	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g)
Ringmore	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Salcombe	Devon	1894	1998	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Malborough in Salcombe Urban District. See also Table 2, note (g).
Sherford	Devon	1837	1986	Abolished 1.4.1986 to become part of the parish of Frogmore & Sherford. See also Table 2, note (g).
Slapton	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
South Huish	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
South Milton	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
South Pool	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Stoke Fleming	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (d) and (g).
Stokenham	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Strete	Devon	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parish of Blackawton. See also Table 2, note (e)
Thurlestone	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
West Alvington	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (g).
Woodleigh	Devon	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (c) and (g).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Kingsbridge Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1884	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Modbury, including Penqut, Caton, and Ludbrook House (which became part of the parish of Ermington on 24.3.1884) to Plympton St. Mary registration district.	48 in 1891
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Blackawton (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Halwell) from Totnes registration district.	35 in 1891
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Woodleigh (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Morleigh) from Totnes registration district.	11 in 1891
25.3.1886	(d)	Lost the part of the parish of Stoke Fleming in Dartmouth municipal borough (which became part of the parish of St. Petrox on 25.3.1886) to Totnes registration district.	83 in 1891
1.4.1974	(e)	Lost the parish of Strete to Newton Abbot registration district.	372 in 1971
1.4.1986	(f)	Gained part of the parish of East Allington (which until 1.4.1998 formed part of the parish of Moreleigh) from Newton Abbot registration district.
1.4.1998 (abolished)	(g)	Lost the parishes of Aveton Gifford, Bigbury, Blackawton, Buckland Tout Saints, Charleton, Chivelstone, Churchstow, East Allington, East Portlemouth, Frogmore & Sherford, Kingsbridge, Kingston, Loddiswell, Malborough, Modbury, Ringmore, Salcombe, Slapton, South Huish, South Milton, South Pool, Stoke Fleming, Stokenham, Thurlestone, West Alvington, and Woodleigh, to South Hams registration district.

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