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Appendix A. Relation between present day Registration Districts and local government areas in England and Wales

Present-day Registration Districts are subdivisions of either unitary authority areas or administrative counties (as is relevant). Table 1 below lists all the unitary authority areas of England and Wales and the Registration Districts into which these are split. Table 2 lists all the administrative counties of England and the Registration Districts into which these are split. Using these tables, in conjunction with the local government information in the Gazetteer of British Place Names, one can quickly narrow down the possible Registration Districts within which a place may lie. This information is useful if one wishes to order a Birth, Death or Marriage certificate direct from the local Register Office which holds the particular historical records. See Section 4.2 of the main body of the text for full details of this issue.


Table 1. Unitary authority area vs Registration District
Unitary Authority Area           Registration District

Barking and Dagenham             Barking and Dagenham
Barnet                           Barnet
                                 Hendon
Barnsley                         Barnsley
Bath and North East Somerset     Bath and North East Somerset
Bexley                           Bexley
Birmingham                       Birmingham
Blaenau Gwent                    Blaenau Gwent
Bolton                           Bolton
Bournemouth                      Bournemouth
Bracknell Forest                 Bracknell
Bradford                         Bradford
                                 Keighley
Brent                            Brent
Bridgend                         Bridgend
Brighton and Hove                Brighton
                                 Hove
Bristol                          Bristol
Bromley                          Bromley
Bury                             Bury
Caerphilly                       Caerphilly
Calderdale                       Halifax
                                 Todmorden
Camden                           Camden
Cardiff                          Cardiff
Carmarthenshire                  Carmarthen
                                 Llanelli
Ceredigion                       Cardiganshire Central
                                 Cardiganshire North
                                 Cardiganshire South
City of London                   London City
Conwy                            Aberconwy
                                 Colwyn
County of Herefordshire          Bromyard
                                 Hereford
                                 Kington
                                 Ledbury
                                 Leominster
                                 Ross
Coventry                         Coventry
Croydon                          Croydon
Darlington                       Darlington
Denbighshire                     Denbighshire North
                                 Denbighshire South
Derby                            Derby
Doncaster                        Doncaster
Dudley                           Dudley
                                 Stourbridge
Ealing                           Ealing
East Riding of Yorkshire         Beverley
                                 Bridlington
                                 Goole
                                 Pocklington
Enfield                          Enfield
Flintshire                       Flintshire East
                                 Flintshire West
Gateshead                        Gateshead
Greenwich                        Greenwich
Gwynedd                          Ardudwy
                                 Bangor
                                 Caernarfon
                                 De Meirionydd
                                 Penllyn
                                 Pwllheli and Porthmadog
                                 Tywyn
Hackney                          Hackney
Halton                           Halton
Hammersmith and Fulham           Fulham
                                 Hammersmith
Haringey                         Haringey
Harrow                           Harrow
Hartlepool                       Hartlepool
Havering                         Havering
Hillingdon                       Hillingdon
Hounslow                         Hounslow
Inner Temple                     London City
Isle of Anglesey                 Anglesey
Isle of Wight                    Isle of Wight
Isles of Scilly                  Isles of Scilly
Islington                        Islington
Kensington and Chelsea           Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston upon Hull               Hull
Kingston upon Thames             Kingston upon Thames
Kirklees                         Dewsbury
                                 Huddersfield
Knowsley                         Knowsley
Lambeth                          Lambeth
Leeds                            Leeds
Leicester                        Leicester
Lewisham                         Lewisham
Liverpool                        Liverpool
Luton                            Luton
Manchester                       Manchester
Merthyr Tydfil                   Merthyr Tydfil
Merton                           Merton
Middle Temple                    London City
Middlesbrough                    Middlesbrough
Milton Keynes                    Milton Keynes
Monmouthshire                    Monmouth
Neath Port Talbot                Neath and Port Talbot
Newcastle upon Tyne              Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham                           Newham
Newport                          Newport
North East Lincolnshire          North East Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire               North Lincolnshire
North Somerset                   North Somerset
North Tyneside                   North Tyneside
Oldham                           Oldham
Pembrokeshire                    Haverfordwest
                                 South Pembrokeshire
Peterborough                     Peterborough
Plymouth                         Plymouth
Poole                            Poole
Portsmouth                       Portsmouth
Powys                            Brecknock
                                 Hay
                                 Machynlleth
                                 Mid Powys
                                 Newtown
                                 Radnorshire East
                                 Welshpool and Llanfylin
                                 Ystradgynlais
Reading                          Reading and Wokingham
Redbridge                        Redbridge
Redcar and Cleveland             Redcar and Cleveland
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff             Pontypridd
Richmond upon Thames             Richmond upon Thames
Rochdale                         Rochdale
Rotherham                        Rotherham
Rutland                          Rutland
Salford                          Salford
Sandwell                         Sandwell
Sefton                           Sefton North
                                 Sefton South
Sheffield                        Sheffield
Slough                           Slough
Solihull                         Solihull North
                                 Solihull South
South Gloucestershire            South Gloucestershire
South Tyneside                   Jarrow
                                 South Shields
Southampton                      Southampton
Southwark                        Southwark
St Helens                        St Helens
Stockport                        Stockport
Stockton-on-Tees                 Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent                   Stoke-on-Trent
Sunderland                       Sunderland
Sutton                           Sutton
Swansea                          Swansea
Swindon                          Swindon
Tameside                         Tameside
The Vale of Glamorgan            The Vale of Glamorgan
The Wrekin                       Wrekin
Torfaen                          Torfaen
Tower Hamlets                    Tower Hamlets
Trafford                         Trafford
Wakefield                        Pontefract
                                 Wakefield
Walsall                          Walsall
Waltham Forest                   Waltham Forest
Wandsworth                       Wandsworth
Warrington                       Warrington
West Berkshire                   Newbury
Westminster                      Westminster
Wigan                            Wigan and Leigh
Windsor and Maidenhead           Windsor and Maidenhead
Wirral                           Birkenhead
                                 Wallasey
Wokingham                        Reading and Wokingham
Wolverhampton                    Wolverhampton
Wrexham                          Wrexham
York                             York

Table 2. Administraive county vs Registration District
Administrative County             Registration District

Bedfordshire                      Ampthill
                                  Bedford
                                  Biggleswade
                                  Dunstable
                                  Leighton Buzzard
Buckinghamshire                   Aylesbury Vale
                                  Chiltern and South Buckinghamshire
                                  Wycombe
Cambridgeshire                    Cambridge
                                  Ely
                                  Fenland
                                  Huntingdon
Cheshire                          Cheshire Central
                                  Cheshire West
                                  Macclesfield
Cornwall                          Bodmin
                                  Camborne-Redruth
                                  Falmouth
                                  Kerrier
                                  Launceston
                                  Liskeard
                                  Penzance
                                  St Austell
                                  St Germans
                                  Stratton
                                  Truro
Cumbria                           Barrow-in-Furness
                                  Carlisle
                                  Cockermouth
                                  Kendal
                                  Millom
                                  Penrith
                                  Ulverston
                                  Whitehaven
                                  Wigton
Derbyshire                        Amber Valley
                                  Ashbourne
                                  Bakewell
                                  Chesterfield
                                  High Peak
                                  Ilkeston
Devon                             Barnstaple
                                  Bideford
                                  Exeter
                                  Holsworthy
                                  Honiton
                                  Kingsbridge
                                  Mid Devon
                                  Newton Abbot
                                  Okehampton
                                  Tavistock
                                  Torbay
                                  West Devon
Dorset                            Bridport
                                  North Dorset
                                  Weymouth
Durham                            Durham Central
                                  Durham Eastern
                                  Durham Northern
                                  Durham South Western
                                  Durham Western
East Sussex                       Eastbourne
                                  Hastings and Rother
                                  Lewes
                                  Uckfield
Essex                             Braintree
                                  Brentwood
                                  Chelmsford
                                  Colchester
                                  Epping Forest
                                  Harlow
                                  Southend-on-Sea
                                  Thurrock
                                  Uttlesford
Gloucestershire                   Cheltenham
                                  Cirencester
                                  Forest of Dean
                                  Gloucester
                                  North Cotswold
                                  Stroud
Hampshire                         Alton
                                  Andover
                                  Basingstoke
                                  Droxford
                                  Fareham
                                  Kingsclere and Whitchurch
                                  New Forest
                                  North-East Hampshire
                                  Petersfield
                                  Ringwood and Fordingbridge
                                  Romsey
                                  South East Hampshire
                                  Winchester
Hertfordshire                     Bishop's Stortford
                                  Broxbourne
                                  Dacorum
                                  Hatfield
                                  Hertford and Ware
                                  Hitchin and Stevenage
                                  St Albans
                                  Watford
Kent                              Ashford
                                  Canterbury
                                  Chatham
                                  Dover
                                  Gravesend
                                  Maidstone
                                  Swale
                                  Thanet
                                  Tunbridge Wells
Lancashire                        Blackburn
                                  Blackpool and Fylde
                                  Burnley and Pendle
                                  Chorley
                                  Garstang
                                  Hyndburn and Rossendale
                                  Lancaster
                                  Preston and South Ribble
                                  Ribble Valley
                                  West Lancashire
Leicestershire                    Coalville
                                  Hinckley
                                  Loughborough
                                  Market Harborough
                                  Melton Mowbray
Lincolnshire                      Boston
                                  Bourne
                                  Caistor
                                  East Elloe
                                  Gainsborough
                                  Grantham
                                  Horncastle
                                  Lincoln
                                  Louth
                                  Sleaford
                                  Spalding
                                  Spilsby
                                  Stamford
Norfolk                           Depwade
                                  Downham
                                  East Dereham
                                  Fakenham
                                  Great Yarmouth
                                  Kings Lynn
                                  North Walsham
                                  Norwich
                                  Wayland
North Yorkshire                   North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire                  Brackley
                                  Corby
                                  Daventry
                                  Kettering
                                  Northampton
                                  Oundle and Thrapston
                                  Towcester
                                  Wellingborough
Northumberland                    Northumberland Central
                                  Northumberland North First
                                  Northumberland North Second
                                  Northumberland West
Nottinghamshire                   Basford
                                  East Retford
                                  Mansfield
                                  Newark
                                  Nottingham
                                  Rushcliffe
                                  Worksop
Oxfordshire                       Abingdon
                                  Banbury
                                  Bullingdon
                                  Henley on Thames
                                  Oxford
                                  Ploughley
                                  Wallingford
                                  Wantage
                                  West Oxfordshire
Shropshire                        Bridgnorth
                                  Clun
                                  Ludlow
                                  North Shropshire
                                  Oswestry
                                  Shrewsbury
Somerset                          Mendip
                                  Sedgemoor
                                  Taunton Deane
                                  West Somerset
                                  Yeovil
Staffordshire                     Cannock Chase
                                  East Staffordshire
                                  Leek
                                  Lichfield
                                  Newcastle-under-Lyme
                                  South Staffordshire
                                  Stafford
                                  Staffordshire Moorlands
Suffolk                           Bury St Edmunds
                                  Deben
                                  Gipping and Hartismere
                                  Ipswich
                                  Newmarket
                                  Sudbury
                                  Waveney
Surrey                            Surrey Mid-Eastern
                                  Surrey North-Western
                                  Surrey South-Eastern
                                  Surrey South-Western
Warwickshire                      Mid Warwickshire
                                  North Warwickshire
                                  Nuneaton and Bedworth
                                  Rugby
                                  South Warwickshire
West Sussex                       Chichester
                                  Crawley
                                  Haywards Heath
                                  Horsham
                                  Worthing
Wiltshire                         Chippenham
                                  Devizes
                                  Marlborough
                                  Salisbury
                                  Trowbridge
                                  Warminster
Worcestershire                    Bromsgrove
                                  Droitwich
                                  Evesham
                                  Kidderminster
                                  Malvern
                                  Pershore
                                  Redditch
                                  Tenbury Wells
                                  Worcester

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