Mere Registration District

MERE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Wiltshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.1978 (to become part of Salisbury registration district).
Sub-districts : Mere.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837-51), 5a (1852-1946), 7C (1946-74), 23 (1974-77).
Registers currently held at : Warminster and Dorset.

Table 1: List of Places in Mere Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alvediston	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Ansty	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Berwick St. John	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Berwick St. Leonard	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Bourton	Dorset	1837	1896	See Table 2, note (d).
Chicklade	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Chilmark	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Donhead St. Andrew	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Donhead St. Mary	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
East Knoyle	Wiltshire	1837	1977	See Table 2, note (g).
Fonthill Bishop	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Fonthill Gifford	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Hindon	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Kilmington	Somerset	1837	1896	Transferred from Somerset to Wiltshire on 30.9.1896. See also Table 2, note (g).
Kilmington	Wiltshire	1896	1977
Kingston Deverill	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield	Wiltshire and Somerset	1837	1895	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield	Wiltshire	1895	1977	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Mere	Wiltshire	1837	1977	See Table 2, note (g).
Monkton Deverill	Wiltshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Kingston Deverill.
Sedgehill	Wiltshire	1837	1977	See Table 2, note (g).
Semley	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Silton	Dorset	1837	1896	See Table 2, note (d).
Stourton with Gasper	Wiltshire and Somerset	1837	1895	On 30.9.1895 the Somerset part of the parish of Stourton with Gaspar became part of Wiltshire, so that thereafter Stourton with Gaspar was wholly in Wiltshire. See also Table 2, note (g).
Stourton with Gasper	Wiltshire	1895	1977
Sutton Mandeville	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Swallowcliffe	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Teffont	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Tisbury	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Tollard Royal	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Upper Pertwood	Wiltshire	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 to become parts of the parishes of East Knoyle and Sutton Veney. See also Table 2, note (c).
West Knoyle	Wiltshire	1837	1977	See Table 2, note (g).
West Tisbury	Wiltshire	1936	1977	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).
Zeals	Wiltshire	1896	1977	Created 31.3.1896 out of the parish of Mere. See also Table 2, note (g).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Mere Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1885	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Kingston Deverill (which became part of the parish of Hill Deverill on 25.3.1885) to Warminster registration district.	0 in 1891
	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield (which became part of the parish of Horningsham on 25.3.1885) to Warminster registration district.	0 in 1891
	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Upper Pertwood (which became part of the parish of Sutton Veney on 25.3.1885) to Warminster registration district.	0 in 1891
1.11.1896	(d)	Lost the parishes of Bourton and Silton to Shaftesbury registration district.	994 in 1891
1.4.1936	(e)	Gained the parishes of Alvediston, Ansty, Berwick St. John, Berwick St. Leonard, Chicklade, Chilmark, Donhead St. Andrew, Donhead St. Mary, Fonthill Bishop, Fonthill Gifford, Hindon, Semley, Sutton Mandeville, Swallowcliffe, Teffont, Tisbury, Tollard Royal, and West Tisbury, from Tisbury registration district.	6664 in 1931
1.4.1936	(f)	Lost the parish of Kingston Deverill to Warminster registration district.	260 in 1931
1.1.1978 (abolished)	(g)	Lost the constituent parishes of Alvediston, Ansty, Berwick St. John, Berwick St. Leonard, Chicklade, Chilmark, Donhead St. Andrew, Donhead St. Mary, East Knoyle, Fonthill Bishop, Fonthill Gifford, Hindon, Kilmington, Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield, Mere, Sedgehill, Semley, Stourton with Gasper, Sutton Mandeville, Swallowcliffe, Teffont, Tisbury, Tollard Royal, West Knoyle, West Tisbury, and Zeals, to Salisbury registration district.	10997 in 1971

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