Romsey Registration District

ROMSEY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Hampshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Romsey & Mitchelmersh in early listings)
Abolished : 1.10.1932 (incorporated into Romsey & Stockbridge registration district).
Sub-districts : Michelmersh, Romsey
GRO volumes : VII (1837–51), 2c (1852–1932).
Registers now held by : Hampshire (Ringwood).

Table 1: List of Places in Romsey Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Dunwood	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Sherfield English.
East Dean	Hampshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (f).
East Wellow	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Wellow.
Lockerley	Hampshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Melchet Park	Wiltshire	1859	1895	Transferred from Wiltshire to Hampshire on 30.9.1895. Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Melchet Park & Plaitford. See also Table 2, note (a).
Melchet Park	Hampshire	1895	1932
Melchet Park & Plaitford	Hampshire	1932	1932	Created 1.4.1932 from the separate parishes of Plaitford and Melchet Park. See also Table 2, note (f).
Michelmersh	Hampshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (f).
Mottisfont	Hampshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Nursling	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Nursling & Rownhams.
Nursling & Rownhams	Hampshire	1932	1932	Created 1.4.1932 from the separate parishes of Nursling and Rownhams. See also Table 2, note (f).
Plaitford	Wiltshire	1837	1895	Transferred from Wiltshire to Hampshire on 30.9.1895. Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Melchet Park & Plaitford. See also Table 2, note (c).
Plaitford	Hampshire	1895	1932
Romsey Extra	Hampshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (f).
Romsey Infra	Hampshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (f).
Rownhams	Hampshire	1897	1932	Created 1.10.1897 out of the parishes of Nursling, North Baddesley, and Romsey Extra. Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Nursling & Rownhams. See also Table 2, note (e).
Sherfield English	Hampshire	1837	1932	See Table 2, note (f).
Timsbury	Hampshire	1837	1932	Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Michelmersh.
Wellow	Hampshire	1932	1932	Created 1.4.1932 from the parishes of West Wellow and East Wellow. See also Table 2, note (f).
West Wellow	Wiltshire	1837	1895	Transferred from Wiltshire to Hampshire on 30.9.1895. Abolished 1.4.1932 and incorporated into the parish of Wellow.
West Wellow	Hampshire	1895	1932

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Romsey Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.1.1859	(a)	Gained the parish of Melchet Park from Alderbury registration district.	30 in 1851
24.3.1883	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Mottisfont (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Broughton, including part of Spearywell) from Stockbridge registration district.	18 in 1891
25.3.1885	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Plaitford (which until 25.3.1885 formed a detached part of the parish of Whiteparish) from Alderbury registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1888	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Lockerley (which became part of the parish of East Tytherley on 24.3.1888) from Stockbridge registration district.	0 in 1891
1.12.1897	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Rownhams (which until 1.10.1897 formed part of the parish of North Baddesley) from Winchester registration district.	140 in 1891
1.10.1932 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the constituent parishes of East Dean, Lockerley, Melchet Park & Plaitford, Michelmersh, Mottisfont, Nursling & Rownhams, Romsey Extra, Romsey Infra, Sherfield English, and Wellow, to Romsey & Stockbridge registration district.	12703 in 1931

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