Bath Registration District

BATH REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Somerset.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Abbey, Bath, Bath North, Bath Rural, Bath South, Batheaston, Bathwick, Lansdown, Lynscombe, Twerton, Walcot.
GRO volumes : XI (1837–51), 5c (1852–1946), 7C (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Bath & North East Somerset.

Table 1: List of Places in Bath Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bath	Somerset	1900	1974	Created 26.3.1900 from the parishes of Walcot, Lyncombe & Widcombe, St. James, Bathwick, St. Michael, and St. Peter & St. Paul. See also Table 2, notes (e) and (f).
Bathampton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Batheaston	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Bathford	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Bathwick	Somerset	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Bath.
Charlcombe	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Claverton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Combe Hay	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Dunkerton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (b), (c) and (d).
English Combe	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Freshford	Somerset	1883	1936	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Hinton Charterhouse	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Langridge	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Charlcombe.
Lyncombe & Widcombe	Somerset	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Bath.
Monkton Combe	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
St. Catherine	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
St. James	Somerset	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Bath.
St. Michael	Somerset	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Bath.
St. Peter & St. Paul	Somerset	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Bath.
South Stoke	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Swainswick	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Twerton	Somerset	1837	1911	Abolished 9.11.1911 and incorporated into the parish of Bath.
Walcot	Somerset	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of Bath.
Wellow	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Weston	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Woolley	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Charlcombe.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bath Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1883	(a)	Gained the parish of Freshford from Bradford on Avon registration district.	615 in 1881
25.3.1886	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Dunkerton, including Tunley (which became part of the parish of Camerton on 25.3.1886) to Clutton registration district.	579 in 1891
25.3.1886	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Dunkerton (which until 25.3.1886 formed a detached part of the parish of Camerton) from Clutton registration district.	88 in 1891
1.4.1936	(d)	Lost the parishes of Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Charlcombe, Claverton, Combe Hay, Dunkerton, English Combe, Freshford, Hinton Charterhouse, Monkton Combe, St. Catherine, South Stoke, Swainswick, Wellow, and Weston, to Bathavon registration district.	12032 in 1931
1.4.1951	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Bath (which until 1.4.1951 formed parts of the parishes of Charlcombe, Claverton, English Combe, Monkton Combe, South Stoke, and Weston) from Bathavon registration district.
1.4.1967	(f)	Gained parts of the parish of Bath (which until 1.4.1967 formed parts of the parishes of Batheaston, Charlcombe, Monkton Combe, Newton St. Loe, and Swainswick) from Bathavon registration district.

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