Stow Registration District

STOW REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Suffolk.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1935 (incorporated into Gipping and Bury St. Edmunds registration districts).
Sub-districts : Rattlesden, Stowmarket, Walsham le Willows
GRO volumes : XII (1837–51), 4a (1852–1935).
Registers now held by : Suffolk (Bury St. Edmunds) and Suffolk (Stowmarket).

Table 1: List of Places in Stow Registration District

All the Suffolk parishes in Stow registration district became parts of the new counties of East Suffolk or West Suffolk on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Badwell Ash	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Badwell Ash	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Beyton	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Beyton	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Buxhall	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Buxhall	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Combs	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Combs	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Creeting St. Peter	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Creeting St. Peter	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Drinkstone	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Drinkstone	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Elmswell	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Elmswell	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Felsham	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Felsham	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Gedding	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Gedding	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Gipping	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Gipping	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Great Ashfield	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Great Ashfield	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Great Finborough	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Great Finborough	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Harleston	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Harleston	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Haughley	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Haughley	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Hessett	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Hessett	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Hinderclay	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Hinderclay	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Hunston	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Hunston	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Langham	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Langham	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Little Finborough	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Little Finborough	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Norton	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Norton	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Old Newton	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Old Newton	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Onehouse	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Onehouse	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Rattlesden	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Rattlesden	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Rickinghall Inferior	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Rickinghall Inferior	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Shelland	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Shelland	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Stowlangtoft	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Stowlangtoft	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Stowmarket	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Stowmarket	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Stowupland	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Stowupland	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Thurston	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Thurston	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Tostock	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Tostock	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Walsham le Willows	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Walsham le Willows	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Wattisfield	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Wattisfield	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).
Wetherden	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Wetherden	East Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (c).
Woolpit	Suffolk	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Woolpit	West Suffolk	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Stow Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1884	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Hessett (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Bradfield St. George) from Thingoe registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1935 (abolished)	(b)	Lost the parishes of Badwell Ash, Beyton, Drinkstone, Elmswell, Felsham, Gedding, Great Ashfield, Hessett, Hinderclay, Hunston, Langham, Norton, Rattlesden, Rickinghall Inferior, Stowlangtoft, Thurston, Tostock, Walsham le Willows, Wattisfield, and Woolpit, to Bury St. Edmunds registration district.	8039 in 1931
1.4.1935 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the parishes of Buxhall, Combs, Creeting St. Peter, Gipping, Great Finborough, Harleston, Haughley, Little Finborough, Old Newton, Onehouse, Shelland, Stowmarket, Stowupland, and Wetherden, to Gipping registration district.	11533 in 1931

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