List of registration districts in England

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Registration districts were created in England and Wales with the introduction of civil registration by the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836. Each district is headed by a superintendent registrar who holds overall responsibility for the administration of civil registration within their district. Historically, each district was divided into sub-districts, which were each headed by a registrar. [1]

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The boundaries of registration districts were originally coterminous with poor law unions; however, the number of districts and their boundaries varied considerably over time, with smaller districts being merged and larger districts split in line with population changes. Registration districts were not always coterminous with county boundaries, even following the creation of administrative counties and districts by the Local Government Act 1888, and so were grouped into registration counties for census purposes until the 1930s, when their boundaries were fully aligned with local counties and county boroughs.

In England and Wales, the responsibility for civil registration is today held by the relevant county council, unitary authority, metropolitan district, or London borough. Local government areas often contained several registration districts operating under the supervision of the local authority; however, a series of mergers in the late 2000s and early 2010s means that the boundaries of registration districts are now identical to those of local authorities.

Current

This list is complete and up to date as of April 2020. [2]

Registration districtCreatedLocal authority responsible
Barking and Dagenham1980 London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Barnet1965 London Borough of Barnet
Barnsley1974 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Bath and North East Somerset1996 Bath and North East Somerset Council
Bedford2009 Bedford Borough Council
Bexley1965 London Borough of Bexley
Birmingham1974 Birmingham City Council
Blackburn with Darwen1998 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackpool1998 Blackpool Borough Council
Bolton1974 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Bracknell Forest1998 Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Bradford and Keighley2008 Bradford City Council
Brent1965 London Borough of Brent
Brighton and Hove1998 Brighton and Hove City Council
Bristol1996 Bristol City Council
Bromley1965 London Borough of Bromley
Buckinghamshire2007 Buckinghamshire County Council
Bury1974 Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Calderdale2003 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Cambridgeshire2007 Cambridgeshire County Council
Camden1977 London Borough of Camden
Central Bedfordshire2009 Central Bedfordshire Council
Cheshire East2009 Cheshire East Borough Council
Cheshire West and Chester2009 Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council
Cornwall2007 Cornwall Council
County of Durham2006 County Durham Council
Coventry1974 Coventry City Council
Croydon1965 London Borough of Croydon
Cumbria2011 Cumbria County Council
Darlington1974 Darlington Borough Council
Derby1837 Derby City Council
Derbyshire2013 Derbyshire County Council
Devon2007 Devon County Council
Doncaster1974 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Dorset2005 Dorest Council
Dudley1974 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Ealing1965 London Borough of Ealing
East Riding of Yorkshire2002 East Riding of Yorkshire Council
East Sussex2008 East Sussex County Council
Enfield1965 London Borough of Enfield
Essex2010 Essex County Council
Gateshead1974 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Gloucestershire2006 Gloucestershire County Council
Greenwich1965 Royal Borough of Greenwich
Hackney1965 London Borough of Hackney
Halton1974 Halton Borough Council
Hammersmith and Fulham2001 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Hampshire2008 Hampshire County Council
Haringey1965 London Borough of Haringey
Harrow1965 London Borough of Harrow
Hartlepool1996 Hartlepool Borough Council
Havering1965 London Borough of Havering
Herefordshire2008 Herefordshire Council
Hertfordshire2008 Hertfordshire County Council
Hillingdon1965 London Borough of Hillingdon
Hounslow1965 London Borough of Hounslow
Hull1837 Hull City Council
Isle of Wight1932 Isle of Wight Council
Isles of Scilly1837 Council of the Isles of Scilly
Islington1965 London Borough of Islington
Kensington and Chelsea1981 London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Kent2003 Kent County Council
Kingston upon Thames1965 London Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Kirklees2012 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Knowsley1974 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Lambeth1965 London Borough of Lambeth
Lancashire2005 Lancashire County Council
Leeds1974 Leeds City Council
Leicester1997 Leicester City Council
Leicestershire2000 Leicestershire County Council
Lewisham1965 London Borough of Lewisham
Lincolnshire2003 Lincolnshire County Council
Liverpool1974 Liverpool City Council
London City1965 City of London Corporation
Luton1837 Luton Borough Council
Manchester1974 Manchester|Manchester City Council
Medway1998 Medway Council
Merton1965 London Borough of Merton
Middlesbrough1996 Middlesbrough Council
Milton Keynes1985 Milton Keynes Borough Council
Newcastle upon Tyne1974 Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Newham1965 London Borough of Newham
Norfolk2012 Norfolk County Council
North East Lincolnshire1996 North East Lincolnshire Council
North Lincolnshire1996 North Lincolnshire Council
North Somerset1996 North Somerset Council
North Tyneside1985 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
North Yorkshire1998 North Yorkshire County Council
Northamptonshire2010 Northamptonshire County Council
Northumberland2008 Northumberland County Council
Nottingham1837 Nottingham City Council
Nottinghamshire2012 Nottinghamshire County Council
Oldham1974 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Oxfordshire2001 Oxfordshire County Council
Peterborough1974 Peterborough City Council
Plymouth1837 Plymouth City Council
Portsmouth1900 Portsmouth City Council
Reading1998 Reading Borough Council
Redbridge1965 London Borough of Redbridge
Redcar and Cleveland1996 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Richmond Upon Thames1965 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Rochdale1974 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Rotherham1974 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Rutland1997 Rutland County Council
Salford1974 Salford City Council
Sandwell1974 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Sefton2011 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Sheffield1974 Sheffield City Council
Shropshire2005 Shropshire Council
Slough1974 Slough Borough Council
Solihull2001 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Somerset2008 Somerset County Council
South Gloucestershire1996 South Gloucestershire Council
South Tyneside2001 South Tyneside Council
Southampton1837 Southampton City Council
Southend-on-Sea1939 Southend-on-Sea Council
Southwark1965 London Borough of Southwark
St Helens1974 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Staffordshire2008 Staffordshire County Council
Stockport1974 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockton-on-Tees1996 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Stoke-on-Trent1935 Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Suffolk2010 Suffolk County Council
Sunderland1974 Sunderland City Council
Surrey2000 Surrey County Council
Sutton1965 London Borough of Sutton
Swindon1899 Swindon Borough Council
Tameside1974 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Telford and Wrekin1998 Telford and Wrekin Borough Council
Thurrock1939 Thurrock Borough Council
Torbay1968 Torbay Borough Council
Tower Hamlets1983 London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Trafford1974 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Wakefield1974 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Walsall1974 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Waltham Forest1965 London Borough of Waltham Forest
Wandsworth1965 London Borough of Wandsworth
Warrington1974 Warrington Borough Council
Warwickshire2008 Warwickshire County Council
West Berkshire1998 West Berkshire Council
West Sussex2010 West Sussex County Council
Westminster1965 City of Westminster
Wigan and Leigh1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Wiltshire2008 Wiltshire Council
Windsor and Maidenhead1974 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
Wirral1998 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Wokingham1998 Wokingham Borough Council
Wolverhampton1974 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council
Worcestershire2006 Worcestershire County Council
York1974 City of York Council

Former

Source: [3] [4]

Map showing registration districts of England and Wales in 1888 EngWalesRegistrationDivisions1888.png
Map showing registration districts of England and Wales in 1888
Registration districtRegistration countyCreatedAbolishedNotes
AbingdonOxfordshire/Berkshire18372001
AcleNorfolk19391974
AlcesterWarwickshire18371985
AlderburyWiltshire18371895
AldershotHampshire19321974
Aldridge & BrownhillsStaffordshire19661974
AlnwickNorthumberland18371936
AlresfordHampshire18371932
AlstonCumberland18371974
AltonHampshire18372008
AltrinchamCheshire18371898
AlverstokeHampshire18371932
Amber ValleyDerbyshire19942013
AmershamBuckinghamshire18371974
AmesburyWiltshire18371936
AmoundernessLancashire19351974
AmpthillBedfordshire18371999
AndoverHampshire18372008
ApplebyCumbria19741984
AshbourneDerbyshire18372013
Ashby de la ZouchLeicestershire18371949
AshfordKent19411998
Ashford with ShepwayKent19982003
AshtonLancashire19371974
Ashton & OldhamLancashire18371848
Ashton under LyneLancashire18481937
AskriggYorkshire North Riding18371869
AstonWarwickshire18371924
AtchamShropshire18371935
AtherstoneWarwickshire18371974
AucklandDurham18371938
AxbridgeSomerset18371936
AxminsterDevon18371936
AylesburyBuckinghamshire18371985
Aylesbury ValeBuckinghamshire19852007
AylshamNorfolk18371938
AysgarthYorkshire North Riding18691936
BakewellDerbyshire18392013
BanburyOxfordshire18372001
BarkingGreater London19651980
Barkston AshYorkshire West Riding19471974
BarnstapleDevon18371998
Barrow in FurnessCumbria/Lancashire18762011
Barrow upon SoarLeicestershire18371949
BartonGreater Manchester/Lancashire19341980
Barton RegisGloucestershire18771905
Barton upon IrwellLancashire18501934
Barton, Worsley & FlixtonLancashire18381841
BasfordNottinghamshire18372012
BasingstokeHampshire18372001
BassetlawNottinghamshire20052012
BathAvon/Somerset19741996
BathavonSomerset19361974
BatterseaLondon19301965
BattleEast Sussex/Sussex18371977
BeaminsterDorset18371937
BedaleYorkshire North Riding18391936
BedfordBedfordshire18371999
BedfordshireBedfordshire19992009
BedminsterGloucestershire18371899
BelfordNorthumberland18371937
BellinghamNorthumberland18371937
BelperDerbyshire18371994
BerkhampsteadHertfordshire18371939
BerkhamstedHertfordshire19391974
BermondseyLondon18371965Abolished in 1870. Recreated in 1934.
BerwickNorthumberland18371936
Bethnal GreenLondon/Middlesex18371966
BeverleyEast Riding of Yorkshire/Humberside18372002Abolished in 1937. Recreated in 1974.
BicesterOxfordshire18371932
BidefordDevon18371998
BiggleswadeBedfordshire18371999
BillesdonLeicestershire18371949
BilstonStaffordshire19351966
BinghamNottinghamshire18371974
BirkenheadMerseyside/Cheshire18611998
Birmingham NorthWarwickshire19241932
Birmingham SouthWarwickshire19241932
BishopsgateLondon18371838
BlabyLeicestershire18371949
BlackburnLancashire18371998
Blackpool & FyldeLancashire19741998
BlandfordDorset18371956
BleanKent18371941
BlofieldNorfolk18371938
BloomsburyLondon18371838
BlythSuffolk19351983
BlythingSuffolk18371935
BodminCornwall18372007
BootleCumberland18371939
BootleMerseyside/Lancashire19341980
BorderCumberland19371974
BosmereSuffolk18371935
BostonLincolnshire18372003
BourneLincolnshire18372003Abolished in 1934. Recreated in 1974.
Bourne & South KestevenLincolnshire19341974
BournemouthDorset/Hampshire19322019
Bournemouth & ChristchurchHampshire19251932
BrackleyNorthamptonshire18372001
BracknellBerkshire19741998
BradfieldBerkshire18371937
BradfordYorkshire West Riding/West Yorkshire18372008
Bradford on AvonWiltshire18371936
BramhamYorkshire West Riding18621869
BramleyYorkshire West Riding18631925
Bramley & HolbeckYorkshire West Riding19251929
BramptonCumberland18371937
BrentfordMiddlesex18371947
BridgeKent18371974
BridgnorthShropshire18372005
BridgwaterSomerset18371974
BridlingtonEast Riding of Yorkshire/Humberside18372002Abolished in 1937. Recreated in 1974.
BridportDorset18371997
BrightonEast Sussex/Sussex18371998
BrixworthNorthamptonshire18371974
BromsgroveWorcestershire/Hereford & Worcester18372006
BromyardHerefordshire/Hereford & Worcester18372008
BuckinghamBuckinghamshire18371935
BucklowCheshire18981974
BuckroseYorkshire East Riding19371974
BullingdonOxfordshire19642001
BulmerYorkshire North Riding19361974
BurnleyLancashire18371974
Burnley & PendleLancashire19742005
Burton upon TrentStaffordshire18371974
Bury St. EdmundsSuffolk18372010
CaistorLincolnshire18372003
CalderYorkshire West Riding19381974
CalneWiltshire18371936
CamberwellSurrey/Greater London18371991
Camborne RedruthCornwall19742007
CambridgeCambridgeshire18372007Abolished in 1935. Recreated in 1974.
CamelfordCornwall18371995
CannockStaffordshire18771974
Cannock ChaseStaffordshire19742008
CanterburyKent18371998
Canterbury with SwaleKent19982003
CarlisleCumberland/Cumbria18372011
Castle WardNorthumberland18371936
CastlefordYorkshire West Riding18621868
CatheringtonHampshire18371932
CaxtonCambridgeshire18371935
Central ClevelandCleveland19741996
Central DurhamDurham20042006
CerneDorset18371838
ChaileySussex18371838
ChanctonburySussex19351974
Chapel en le FrithDerbyshire18381974
ChardSomerset18371974
ChathamKent19411998
CheadleStaffordshire18371974
ChelseaMiddlesex/Greater London18411981
CheltenhamGloucestershire18372006
ChertseySurrey18371934
CheshireCheshire20072009
Cheshire CentralCheshire19982007
Cheshire WestCheshire19982007
ChesterCheshire18701974
Chester & Ellesmere PortCheshire19741998
Chester le StreetDurham18371938
ChesterfieldDerbyshire18372013
ChestertonCambridgeshire18371935
ChichesterSussex18371974
Chiltern & BeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire19741988
Chiltern & South BucksBuckinghamshire19881998
Chiltern HillsBuckinghamshire19982007
ChippenhamWiltshire19382008
Chipping NortonOxfordshire18371982
Chipping SodburyGloucestershire18371937
ChorleyLancashire18372005
ChorltonLancashire18371925
ChristchurchHampshire18371974Abolished in 1925. Recreated in 1974.
Church StrettonShropshire18371935
CirencesterGloucestershire18372006
ClaroNorth Yorkshire/Yorkshire West Riding19471998
CleethorpesLincolnshire19381974
Cleobury MortimerShropshire18371935
ClerkenwellLondon18371869
ClevelandYorkshire North Riding19361974
CliftonGloucestershire18371877
ClitheroeLancashire18371974
ClunShropshire18372005
CluttonSomerset18371936
CoalvilleLeicestershire19492000
CockermouthCumbria/Cumberland18372011
CongletonCheshire18371937
Congleton & CreweCheshire19741991
CookhamBerkshire18371896
CorbyNorthamptonshire19742010
CosfordSuffolk18371938
CranbrookKent18371941
CrawleyWest Sussex19742010
CreditonDevon18371936
CreweCheshire19371974
CrickladeWiltshire18371936
CrosbyMerseyside/Lancashire19741980
CrowboroughEast Sussex20002008
CuckfieldWest Sussex/Sussex18371980
DartfordKent18371980
DarwenLancashire19371974
DaventryNorthamptonshire18372010
DebenSuffolk19352010
DeptfordGreater London19301966
DepwadeNorfolk18372012
DerbyDerbyshire18372013
DevizesWiltshire18371998
Devizes & MarlboroughWiltshire19982008
Devon CentralDevon19361974
DevonportDevon18981937
DewsburyWest Yorkshire1837 ?
DockingNorfolk18371938
Don ValleyYorkshire West Riding19381974
DorchesterDorset18371949
DoreHerefordshire18371838
DorkingSurrey18371934
DoverKent18371998
DownhamNorfolk18372012
DriffieldYorkshire East Riding18371937
DroitwichHereford & Worcester/Worcestershire18372006
DroxfordHampshire18372008
DulvertonSomerset18551936Abolished in 1838. Recreated 1855.
DunstableBedfordshire19641999
DurhamDurham18371938
Durham CentralDurham19382004Abolished in 1971. Recreated 1974.
Durham Central & South EasternDurham19711974
Durham EasternDurham19382006
Durham North EasternDurham19381974
Durham North WesternDurham19381974
Durham NorthernDurham19382004
Durham South EasternDurham19381971
Durham South WesternDurham19382000
Durham WesternDurham19382006
DursleyGloucestershire18371937
EasingtonDurham18371938
EasingwoldYorkshire North Riding18371936
East AshfordKent18371941
East ClevelandCleveland19741996
East DerehamNorfolk19392012
East DevonDevon19982007
East DorsetDorset19972005
East ElloeLincolnshire19362003
East GrinsteadSussex18371935
East HamGreater London19651968
East LondonLondon18381870
East PrestonSussex18701935
East RetfordNottinghamshire18372005
East StaffordshireStaffordshire19742008
East StonehouseDevon18371937
East SurreySurrey20002008
East WardWestmorland18371937
EastbourneEast Sussex/Sussex18372008
EasthampsteadBerkshire18371974Abolished in 1937. Recreated 1967.
EastleighHampshire19271932
EastryKent18371941
Ecclesall BierlowYorkshire West Riding18371935
EcclesfieldYorkshire West Riding18371850
EdmontonMiddlesex18371965
ElhamKent18371941
EllesmereShropshire18371935
ElyCambridgeshire18372007
EpsomSurrey18371934
ErewashDerbyshire19972013
ErpinghamNorfolk18371939
EtonBuckinghamshire18371974
EveshamWorcestershire/Hereford & Worcester18372006
EwecrossNorth Yorkshire/Yorkshire West Riding19471998
ExeterDevon18372007
ExmoorSomerset19361974
FakenhamNorfolk19392012
FalmouthCornwall18372007
FarehamHampshire18371932
FaringdonBerkshire18371937
FarnboroughHampshire18461869
FarnhamSurrey18371934
FarnworthLancashire19351974
FarringdonLondon18371838
FavershamKent18371941
FenlandCambridgeshire19802007
FinsburyLondon19301965
FleetwoodLancashire19741982
Fleetwood & FyldeLancashire19982005
FleggNorfolk18371925
FoleshillWarwickshire18371932
FolkestoneKent19411974
FordingbridgeHampshire18371932
ForehoeNorfolk18371939
Forest of DeanGloucestershire19372006
Freebridge LynnNorfolk18371939
FromeSomerset18371974
FulhamLondon/Middlesex18752001
FyldeLancashire18371974
GainsboroughLincolnshire18372003
GarstangLancashire18371998
GippingSuffolk19351983
Gipping & HartismereSuffolk19832010
Glanford BriggLincolnshire18371938
GlendaleNorthumberland18371937
GlossopDerbyshire18981974
GloucesterGloucestershire18372006Abolished in 1937. Recreated 1974.
Gloucester CityGloucestershire19371974
Gloucester RuralGloucestershire19371974
GodstoneSurrey18371934
GooleHumberside/Yorkshire West Riding18372002
GosportHampshire19321974
GranthamLincolnshire18372003Abolished in 1934. Recreated 1974.
GravesendKent18372003Abolished in 1941. Recreated 1980.
Great BoughtonCheshire18371870
Great OuseburnYorkshire West Riding18541947
Great YarmouthNorfolk19392012
GrimsbyHumberside/Lincolnshire18971996
GuildfordSurrey18371934
GuiltcrossNorfolk18371902
GuisboroughYorkshire North Riding18371936
HailshamEast Sussex/Sussex18371976
HalifaxWest Yorkshire18372003
HaltonCheshire1974 ?
HaltwhistleNorthumberland18371937
HambledonSurrey18371934
HammersmithGreater London19152001
Hampshire NorthHampshire20012008
HampsteadGreater London/Middlesex18481977
HardingstoneNorthamptonshire18371924
HarrowMiddlesex19471965
HartismereSuffolk18371983
Hartley WintneyHampshire18371932
HaslingdenLancashire18371974
HastingsEast Sussex/Sussex18371977
Hastings & RotherEast Sussex19772008
HavantHampshire18371932
HayfieldDerbyshire18381938
Haywards HeathWest Sussex19802010
HeadingtonOxfordshire18371933
HelmsleyYorkshire North Riding18371936
HelstonCornwall18371936
HemsworthYorkshire West Riding18501974
HendonGreater London/Middlesex18371999
HenleyOxfordshire18372001
HensteadNorfolk18371939
HerefordHerefordshire/Hereford & Worcester18372008
HexhamNorthumberland18371937
HeywoodLancashire19341974
High PeakDerbyshire18372013Abolished in 1838. Recreated 1974.
HighworthWiltshire18371899
HinckleyLeicestershire18372000
HitchinHertfordshire18371897
HolbeachLincolnshire18371936
HolbeckYorkshire West Riding18621925
HolbornLondon/Middlesex18371965
HoldernessYorkshire East Riding19371974
HollingbourneKent18371941
HolsworthyDevon18371998
HonitonDevon18371998
HooKent18371923
HorncastleLincolnshire18372003
HorshamWest Sussex/Sussex18372010
HorwichLancashire19351968
Houghton le SpringDurham18371938
HoveEast Sussex/Sussex19351998
HowdenYorkshire East Riding18371937
HowdenshireYorkshire East Riding19371974
HoxneSuffolk18371907
HuddersfieldWest Yorkshire/Yorkshire West Riding1974 ?
HungerfordBerkshire18371937
HunsletYorkshire West Riding18451929
HuntingdonCambridgeshire/Huntingdonshire18372007
Huntingdonshire NorthHuntingdonshire19341968
HursleyHampshire18371838
HydeCheshire19371974
Hyndburn & RossendaleLancashire19742005
IlkestonDerbyshire19381997
InceLancashire19361974
IpswichSuffolk18372010
JarrowTyne & Wear19742001
KeighleyWest Yorkshire18372008
KendalCumbria/Westmorland18372011
KensingtonLondon/Middlesex18371981
KerrierCornwall19362007
KetteringNorthamptonshire18372010
KettonRutland19341974
KeynshamGloucestershire18371936
KidderminsterWorcestershire/Hereford & Worcester18372006
Kings LynnNorfolk18372012
Kings NortonWorcestershire18371924
KingsbridgeDevon18371998
KingsclereHampshire18371932
Kingsclere & WhitchurchHampshire19322000
KingstonSurrey18371934
KingswinfordStaffordshire19341937
KingswoodGloucestershire19371974
KingtonHereford & Worcester19741998
KingtonHerefordshire18711974
KirkdeightonYorkshire West Riding18611869
KirkstallYorkshire West Riding18621869
KnaresboroughYorkshire West Riding18371946
KnightonHerefordshire/Radnorshire18372008
LancasterLancashire18372005
LanchesterDurham18371938Abolished in 1838. Recreated 1875.
LangportSomerset18371936
LauncestonCornwall18372007
LedburyHerefordshire/Hereford & Worcester18372008
Leeds NorthYorkshire West Riding19291939
Leeds SouthYorkshire West Riding19291939
LeekStaffordshire18371974
Leicestershire CentralLeicestershire19491997
LeighGreater Manchester/Lancashire19741995
Leighton BuzzardBedfordshire18371999
LeominsterHerefordshire/Hereford & Worcester18372008
LewesEast Sussex/Sussex18372008
LeyburnYorkshire North Riding18371936
LichfieldStaffordshire18372008
LimehouseLondon19211926
LincolnLincolnshire18372003
LintonCambridgeshire18371935
LiskeardCornwall18372007
LittleboroughLancashire19361974
Liverpool NorthLancashire19341969
Liverpool SouthLancashire19341969
LoddonNorfolk18371938
Long AshtonSomerset18991936
LongtownCumberland18371939
LothinglandSuffolk19351974
LoughboroughLeicestershire18372000
LouthLincolnshire18372003
Lower AgbriggYorkshire West Riding19391974
LudlowShropshire18372005
LunesdaleLancashire18691974

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In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any ecclesiastical or civil parish. Anomalies in the parochial system meant they had no church or clergymen and were therefore exempt from payment of poor or church rates and usually tithes. They were formed for a variety of reasons, often because an area was unpopulated or unsuitable for agriculture, but also around institutions and buildings or natural resources. Extra-parochial areas caused considerable problems when they became inhabited as they did not provide religious facilities, local governance or provide for the relief of the poor. Their status was often ambiguous and there was demand for extra-parochial areas to operate more like parishes. Following the introduction of the New Poor Law, extra-parochial areas were effectively made civil parishes by the Extra-Parochial Places Act 1857 and were eliminated by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1868. This was achieved either by being integrated with a neighbouring or surrounding parish, or by becoming a separate civil parish if the population was high enough.

A registration district in the United Kingdom is a type of administrative region which exists for the purpose of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths and civil partnerships. It has also been used as the basis for the collation of census information.

A register office or The General Register Office, much more commonly but erroneously registry office, is a British government office where births, deaths, marriages, civil partnership, stillbirths and adoptions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are registered. It is the licensed local of civil registry.

A marriage certificate is an official statement that two people are married. In most jurisdictions, a marriage certificate is issued by a government official only after the civil registration of the marriage.

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, the electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward population counts can vary substantially. As of 2021 there are 8,694 electoral wards/divisions in the UK. An average area of wards or electoral divisions in the United Kingdom is 28.109 km2 (10.853 sq mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944</span> United Kingdom legislation

The House of Commons Act 1944 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that established permanent boundary commissions for each of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom, and provided for the periodic review of the number and boundaries of parliamentary constituencies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Civil parishes in Cornwall</span>

A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 218 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, which includes the Isles of Scilly. The county is effectively parished in its entirety; only the unpopulated Wolf Rock is unparished. At the 2001 census, there were 501,267 people living in the current parishes, accounting for the whole of the county's population. The final unparished areas of mainland Cornwall, around St Austell, were parished on 1 April 2009 to coincide with the structural changes to local government in England.

National Records of Scotland is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government. It is responsible for civil registration, the census in Scotland, demography and statistics, family history, as well as the national archives and historical records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greater London</span> Administrative area, ceremonial county and region of England

Greater London is the administrative area of London, England, which is coterminous with the London region. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs, which form a ceremonial county also called Greater London, and the City of London. The Greater London Authority is responsible for strategic local government across the region, and regular local government is the responsibility of the borough councils and the City of London Corporation. Greater London is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Hertfordshire to the north, Essex to the north-east, Kent to the south-east, Surrey to the south, and Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to the west.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eastbourne Borough Council</span> Local government body

Eastbourne Borough Council is the local authority for Eastbourne, a non-metropolitan district with borough status in East Sussex, England. The council meets at Eastbourne Town Hall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Rochdale

The 2022 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place as of 5 May 2022. Due to boundary changes, all 60 councillors were elected at the same time. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

References

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