Registration Districts in Huntingdon

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN HUNTINGDONSHIRE

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Huntingdonshire between 1837 and 1974. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.

County boundaries and definitions have changed frequently, but the term "Huntingdonshire" on these pages refers to:

the ancient county of Huntingdon (1837–89)
the administrative county of Huntingdon (1889–1965)
the administrative county of Huntingdon & Peterborough (1965–74).

The county was abolished on 1.4.1974 and added to Cambridgeshire.

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

Registration DIstrct	Registration County	From	To	Comments
Caxton	Cambridgeshire	1837	1895	Partly in Huntingdonshire until 30.9.1895.
Huntingdon	Huntingdonshire	1837	1974	Transferred to Cambridgeshire on 1.4.1974.
Huntingdonshire North	Huntingdonshire	1934	1967	Created 1.1.1934 out of Peterborough and Stamford registration districts. Abolished 1.1.1968 and added to Peterborough registration district.
Oundle	Northamptonshire	1837	1936	Partly in Huntingdonshire until 1.7.1936.
Peterborough	Huntingdonshire	1965	1974	Transferred from Northamptonshire on 1.4.1965. Transferred to Cambridgeshire on 1.4.1974.
St. Ives	Huntingdonshire	1837	1967	Abolished 1.1.1968 and added to Huntingdon registration district.
St. Neots	Huntingdonshire	1837	1970	Abolished 1.4.1970 and added to Huntingdon registration district.
Stamford	Lincolnshire	1837	1933	Partly in Huntingdonshire until 1.1.1934.
Thrapston	Northamptonshire	1837	1936	Partly in Huntingdonshire until 1.7.1936.

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