Registration Districts in Northumberland

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN NORTHUMBERLAND

The list below shows the civil registration districts in Northumberland since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.

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

the ancient county of Northumberland (1837-89), including the borough town of Berwick upon Tweed; and the county of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne.
the administrative county of Northumberland (1889-1974), with the county boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Tynemouth (1904-74).
the non-metropolitan county of Northumberland (from 1974).

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 DIstrict	Registration County	From	To	Comments
Alnwick	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland North Second and Northumberland Central registration districts.
Belford	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland North First registration district.
Bellingham	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland West registration district.
Berwick	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland North First registration district.
Castle Ward	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland South and Northumberland Central registration districts.
Glendale	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland North First registration district.
Haltwhistle	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland West registration district.
Hexham	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland West registration district.
Morpeth	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland Central registration district.
Newcastle upon Tyne	Northumberland	1837	1974	Transferred to the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974.
Northumberland	Northumberland	2008		Created 1.4.2008 from Northumberland Central, Northumberland North First, Northumberland North Second, and Northumberland West registration districts.
Northumberland Central	Northumberland	1937	2008	Created 1.1.1937 out of Morpeth, Northumberland South, Castle Ward, and Alnwick registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Northumberland registration district.
Northumberland North First	Northumberland	1937	2008	Created 1.1.1937 out of Berwick, Glendale, and Belford registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Northumberland registration district.
Northumberland North Second	Northumberland	1937	2008	Created 1.1.1937 out of Alnwick and Rothbury registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Northumberland registration district.
Northumberland South	Northumberland	1936	1974	Created 1.10.1936 out of Tynemouth registration district. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of North Tyneside West, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside East, and Northumberland Central registration districts.
Northumberland West	Northumberland	1937	2008	Created 1.1.1937 out of Bellingham, Haltwhistle and Hexham registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2008 to become part of Northumberland registration district.
Rothbury	Northumberland	1837	1936	Abolished 1.1.1937 to become part of Northumberland North Second registration district.
Tynemouth	Northumberland	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of North Tyneside East registration district.

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