Westbury Registration District

WESTBURY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Wiltshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Westbury & Whorewellesdown in early listings).
Abolished : 1.4.1936 (incorporated into Warminster registration district).
Sub-districts : Bradley, Edington, North Bradley, Westbury.
GRO volumes : VIII (1837–51), 5a (1852–1936).
Registers now held by : Wiltshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Westbury Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Bratton	Wiltshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 out of the parish of Westbury. See also Table 2, note (d).
Bulkington	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Dilton Marsh	Wiltshire	1894	1936	Created 1894 out of the parish of Westbury. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (e).
East Coulston	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Edington	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Great Hinton	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Heywood	Wiltshire	1896	1936	Created 1894 out of the parish of Westbury. See also Table 2, note (d).
Keevil	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
North Bradley	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Southwick	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Steeple Ashton	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
West Ashton	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Westbury	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Westbury Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Westbury (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Upton Scudamore) from Warminster registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1884	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Great Hinton (which became part of the parish of Hilperton on 24.3.1884) to Melksham registration district.	0 in 1891
1.12.1897	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Steeple Aston (which became part of the parish of Trowbridge on 1.10.1897) to Melksham registration district.	39 in 1891
1.4.1936 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the parishes of Bratton, Bulkington, Dilton Marsh, East Coulston, Edington, Great Hinton, Heywood, Keevil, North Bradley, Southwick, Steeple Ashton, West Ashton, and Westbury, to Warminster registration district.	10440 in 1931
1.4.1936 (abolished)	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Dilton Marsh (which became part of the parish of Chapmanslade on 1.4.1934) to Warminster registration district.	188 in 1931

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