Registration Districts in Yorkshire North Riding

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN YORKSHIRE NORTH RIDING

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

For the purposes of these pages "Yorkshire North Riding" refers to:

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

the North Riding of the ancient county of York (1837–89)
the administrative county of York, North Riding (1889–1974), with the county boroughs of Middlesbrough (until 1968) and Teesside (from 1968).

The county of Yorkshire North Riding was abolished on 1.4.1974 and added to the counties of North Yorkshire and Cleveland.

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
Askrigg	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1869	Renamed 1.3.1869 to become Aysgarth registration district.
Aysgarth	Yorkshire North Riding	1869	1936	Created 1.3.1869 by renaming Askrigg registration district. Abolished 1.10.1936 and added to Wensleydale registration district.
Bedale	Yorkshire North Riding	1839	1936	Created 1.7.1839 out of Northallerton and Ripon registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1936 and added to Wensleydale registration district.
Bulmer	Yorkshire North Riding	1936	1974	Created 1.10.1936 out of York and Easingwold registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between York and Thirsk registration districts.
Cleveland	Yorkshire North Riding	1936	1974	Created 1.10.1936 out of Guisborough and Stokesley registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between East Cleveland, Northallerton and Central Cleveland registration districts.
Darlington	Durham	1837	1936	Partly in Yorkshire North Riding until 1.10.1936.
Easingwold	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	Abolished 1.10.1936 and added to Bulmer registration district.
Great Ouseburn	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1895	Partly in Yorkshire North Riding until 1.7.1895.
Guisborough	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	Abolished 1.10.1936 and divided between Cleveland and Whitby registration districts.
Helmsley	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	Abolished 1.10.1936 and added to Ryedale registration district.
Leyburn	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	Abolished 1.10.1936 and divided between Wensleydale and Richmond registration districts.
Malton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	Abolished 1.10.1936 and divided between Ryedale and Bridlington registration districts.
Middlesbrough	Yorkshire North Riding	1875	1968	Created 1.10.1875 out of Stockton, Guisborough and Stokesley registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1968 and added to Teesside South registration district.
Northallerton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1974	Transfererd to North Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.
Pickering	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	Abolished 1.10.1936 and added to Ryedale registration district.
Reeth	Yorkshire North Riding	1840	1936	Created 1.7.1840 out of Askrigg registration district. Abolished 1.10.1936 and added to Richmond registration district.
Richmond	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1974	Transfererd to North Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.
Ripon	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1895	Partly in Yorkshire North Riding until 1.7.1895.
Ryedale	Yorkshire North Riding	1936	1974	Created 1.10.1936 out of Malton, Helmsley and Pickering registration districts. Transfererd to North Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.
Scarborough	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1974	Transfererd to North Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.
Stockton	Durham	1837	1875	Partly in Yorkshire North Riding until 1.10.1875.
Stokesley	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	Abolished 1.10.1936 and added to Cleveland registration district.
Teesdale	Durham	1837	1936	Partly in Yorkshire North Riding until 1.10.1936.
Teesside	Yorkshire North Riding	1971	1974	Created 1.10.1971 out of Teesside South and Teesside North registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Central Cleveland registration district.
Teesside North	Yorkshire North Riding	1968	1971	Created 1.4.1968 out of Durham South Eastern registration district. Abolished 1.10.1971 and added to Teesside registration district.
Teesside South	Yorkshire North Riding	1968	1971	Created 1.4.1968 out of Middlesbrough and Cleveland registration districts. Abolished 1.10.1971 and added to Teesside registration district.
Thirsk	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1974	Transfererd to North Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.
Wensleydale	Yorkshire North Riding	1936	1974	Created 1.10.1936 out of Bedale, Leyburn and Aysgarth registration districts. Transfererd to North Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.
Whitby	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1974	Transfererd to North Yorkshire on 1.4.1974.
York	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1936	Partly in Yorkshire North Riding until 1.10.1936.

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