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READING REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Berkshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Caversham, Reading, Reading First, Reading Second, Reading Third, St. Giles, St. Lawrence, St. Mary.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 2c (1852–1946), 6A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Reading.

Table 1: List of Places in Reading Registration District

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Caversham

Oxfordshire

1914

1916

Abolished 1.4.1916 and incorporated into the parish of Reading. See also Table 2, note (e).

Reading

Berkshire

1905

1974

Created 31.3.1905 from the parishes of St. Mary, St. Giles, and St. Lawrence. See also Table 2, note (d).

St. Giles

Berkshire

1837

1905

Abolished 31.3.1905 and incorporated into the parish of Reading. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

St. Lawrence

Berkshire

1837

1905

Abolished 31.3.1905 and incorporated into the parish of Reading. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

St. Mary

Berkshire

1837

1905

Abolished 31.3.1905 and incorporated into the parish of Reading. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Reading Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

24.3.1889

(a)

Gained parts of the parish of St. Giles (which until 24.3.1889 formed the parts of the parish of Burghfield in Reading Municipal Borough) from Bradfield registration district.

0 in 1891

(b)

Gained part of the parish of St. Mary (which until 24.3.1889 formed both parts of the parish of Tilehurst  in Reading Municipal Borough) from Bradfield registration district.

2157 in 1891

(c)

Gained part of the parish of St. Giles (which until 24.3.1889 formed parts of the parishes of Earley and Shinfield in Reading Municipal Borough) from Wokingham registration district.

6203 in 1891

1.5.1912

(d)

Gained parts of the parish of Reading (which until 9.11.1911 formed parts of the parishes of Theale and Tilehurst) from Bradfield registration district.

2710 in 1911

1.5.1914

(e)

Gained the parish of Caversham from Henley registration district.

9785 in 1911

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