Leighton Buzzard Registration District

LEIGHTON BUZZARD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Bedfordshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Edlesborough, Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard, Wing.
GRO volumes: VI (1837–51), 3b (1852–1946), 4A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Central Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.

Table 1: List of Places in Leighton Buzzard Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Billington	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Chalgrave	Bedfordshire	1899	1964	See Table 2, notes (f) and (m).
Cheddington	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (i).
Eaton Bray	Bedfordshire	1846	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (l).
Edlesborough	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (d), (g) and (i).
Eggington	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Grove	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (i).
Heath & Reach	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Hockliffe	Bedfordshire	1899	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Ivinghoe	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (b), (e) and (i).
Leighton Buzzard	Bedfordshire	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and incorporated into the parish of Leighton Linslade.
Leighton Linslade	Bedfordshire	1965	1974	Created 1.4.1965 from the parishes of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade. See also Table 2, note (n).
Linslade	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (i).
Marsworth	Buckinghamshire	1928	1935	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Mentmore	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (i).
Pitstone	Buckinghamshire	1928	1935	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Slapton	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
Soulbury	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (i) and (j).
Stanbridge	Bedfordshire	1837	1974
Stoke Hammond	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, notes (i) and (k).
Tilsworth	Bedfordshire	1899	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Wing	Buckinghamshire	1837	1935	See Table 2, note (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Leighton Buzzard Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
17.3.1846	(a)	Gained the parish of Eaton Bray from Luton registration district.	1097 in 1841
24.3.1884	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Ivinghoe (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Pitstone) from Berkhampstead registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1884	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Slapton (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Pitstone) from Berkhampstead registration district.	0 in 1891
25.3.1885	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Edlesborough, including Hudnall (which became part of the parish of Little Gaddesden on 25.3.1885) to Berkhampstead registration district.	66 in 1891
1.11.1895	(e)	Lost parts of the parish of Ivinghoe (which became parts of the parishes of Little Gaddesden and Nettlesden on 30.9.1895) to Berkhampstead registration district.	282 in 1891
1.10.1899	(f)	Gained the parishes of Chalgrave, Hockliffe, and Tilsworth, from Woburn registration district.	1294 in 1891
1.2.1908	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Edlesborough (which until 1.4.1907 formed part of the parish of Little Gaddesden) from Berkhampstead registration district.	0 in 1901
1.10.1928	(h)	Gained the parishes of Marsworth and Pitstone from Berkhampstead registration district.	688 in 1921
1.4.1935	(i)	Lost the parishes of Cheddington, Edlesborough, Grove, Ivinghoe, Linslade, Marsworth, Mentmore, Pitstone, Slapton, Soulbury, Stoke Hammond, and Wing, to Aylesbury registration district.	7886 in 1931
	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Soulbury (which became part of the parish of Great Brickhill on 1.4.1934) to Aylesbury registration district.	0 in 1931
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Stoke Hammond (which became part of the parish of Great Brickhill on 1.4.1934) to Aylesbury registration district.	0 in 1931
	(l)	Lost the parish of Eaton Bray to Luton registration district.	1042 in 1931
1.4.1964	(m)	Lost the parish of Chalgrave to Dunstable registration district.
1.4.1965	(n)	Gained part of the parish of Leighton Linslade (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Linslade) from Aylesbury registration district.

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