Bicester Registration District

BICESTER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Oxfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.10.1932 (incorporated into Ploughley & Bullingdon registration district).
Sub-districts : Bletchington, Bicester.
GRO volumes : XVI (1837–51), 3a (1852–1932).
Registers now held by : Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Bicester Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ambrosden	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Ardley	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Arncott	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Bicester	Oxfordshire	1932	1932	Created 1.4.1932 from the parishes of Bicester Market End, Bicester Kings End, and Caversfield. See also Table 2, note (c).
Bicester Kings End	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parishes of Bicester and Chesterton.
Bicester Market End	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parishes of Bicester, Ambrosden, and Bucknell.
Blackthorn	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Bletchingdon	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Boarstall	Buckinghamshire	1837	1905	See Table 2, note (b).
Bucknell	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Caversfield	Buckinghamshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Buckinghamshire to Oxfordshire on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (c).
Caversfield	Oxfordshire	1844	1932
Charlton on Otmoor	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Chesterton	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Cottisford	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Fencott & Murcott	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Fringford	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Fritwell	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Godington	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Hardwick	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parishes of Hardwick with Yelford, Hardwick with Tunsmore, and Standlake.
Hardwick with Tusmore	Oxfordshire	1932	1932	Created 1.4.1932 from the parishes of Tusmore and Hardwick. See also Table 2, note (c).
Hethe	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Islip	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Kirtlington	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Launton	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Lower Heyford	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Merton	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Middleton Stoney	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Newton Purcell	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Newton Purcell with Shelswell.
Newton Purcell with Shelswell	Oxfordshire	1932	1932	Created 1.4.1932 from the separate parishes of Newton Purcell and Shelswell. See also Table 2, note (c).
Noke	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Oddington	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Piddington	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Shelswell	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Newton Purcell with Shelswell.
Somerton	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Souldern	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Stoke Lyne	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Stratton Audley	Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Buckinghamshire part of the chapelry of Stratton Audley was transferred to Oxfordshire, so that thereafter Stratton Audley was wholly in Oxfordshire. See also Table 2, note (c).
Stratton Audley	Oxfordshire	1844	1932
Tusmore	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Hardwick with Tusmore.
Upper Heyford	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Wendlebury	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).
Weston on the Green	Oxfordshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bicester Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1888	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Hethe (which until 24.3.1888 formed a detached part of the parish of Mixbury, including Hollow Farm) from Brackley registration district.	9 in 1891
1.6.1905	(b)	Lost the parish of Boarstall to Thame registration district.	151 in 1901
1.10.1932 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the constituent parishes of Ambrosden, Ardley, Arncot, Bicester, Blackthorn, Bletchington, Bucknell, Caversfield, Charlton on Otmoor, Chesterton, Cottisford, Fencott and Murcott, Fringford, Fritwell, Godington, Hardwick with Tusmore, Hethe, Islip, Kirtlington, Launton, Lower Heyford, Merton, Middleton Stoney, Newton Purcell with Shelswell, Noke, Oddington, Piddington, Somerton, Souldern, Stoke Lyne, Stratton Audley, Upper Heyford, Wendlebury, and Weston on the Green, to Ploughley & Bullingdon registration district.	12192 in 1931

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