York Registration District

YORK REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Yorkshire East Riding (1837–46), Yorkshire West Riding (1946–74).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Bishopthorpe, Bootham, Dunnington, Escrick, Flaxton, Micklegate, Skelton, Walmgate, York East, York West.
GRO volumes : XXIII (1837–51), 9d (1852–1937), 9c (1938–1946), 2D (1946–74).
Registers now held by : York and North Yorkshire.

Table 1: List of Places in York Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Acaster Malbis	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (h).
All Saints North Street	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
All Saints Pavement	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Acomb	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1854	See Table 2, note (a).
Angram	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1861	See Table 2, note (b).
Askham Bryan	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1869	See Table 2, note (c).
Askham Richard	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (h).
Beningbrough	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1895	See Table 2, note (e).
Bishopthorpe	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (h).
Bossall with Buttercrambe	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Claxton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Clifton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Clifton Within and Clifton Without.
Clifton Within	Yorkshire North Riding	1894	1900	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Clifton in York County Borough. Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Clifton Without	Yorkshire North Riding	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Clifton. See also Table 2, note (f).
Copmanthorpe	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (h).
Davy Hall	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Deighton	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (g).
Dringhouses	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Dringhouses Within and Dringhouses Without.
Dringhouses Within	Yorkshire West Riding	1894	1900	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Dringhouses in York County Borough. Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Dringhouses Without	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1937	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Dringhouses. Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Askham Bryan. See also Table 2, note (i).
Dunnington	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (g).
Earswick	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Elvington	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (g).
Escrick	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (g).
Flaxton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Fulford	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 by rernaming the parish of Water Fulford.
Gate Fulford	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Gate Helmsley	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Grimston	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Dunnington.
Harton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Haxby	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Heslington	Yorkshire East Riding	1885	1937	Created 25.3.1885 out of the parishes of Heslington St. Paul and Heslington St. Lawrence. See also Table 2, note (g).
Heslington St. Lawrence	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 and incorporated into the parish of Heslington.
Heslington St. Paul	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1885	Abolished 25.3.1885 and incorporated into the parish of Heslington.
Hessay	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1854	See Table 2, note (a).
Heworth	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Heworth Within and Heworth Without.
Heworth Within	Yorkshire North Riding	1894	1900	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Heworth in York County Borough. Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Heworth Without	Yorkshire North Riding	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Heworth. See also Table 2, note (f).
Holgate	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Holtby	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Holy Trinity Goodramgate	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Holy Trinity Kings Court	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Holy Trinity Micklegate	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Huntington	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Hutton Wandesley	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1869	See Table 2, note (d).
Kexby	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (g).
Knapton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1854	See Table 2, note (a).
Langwith	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Heslington.
Lillings Ambo	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Middlethorpe	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Middlethorpe Within and Middlethorpe Without.
Middlethorpe Within	Yorkshire East Riding	1894	1900	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Middlethorpe in York County Borough. Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Middlethorpe Without	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1937	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Middlethorpe. Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Minster Yard with Bedern	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Mint Yard	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Moor Monkton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1854	See Table 2, note (a).
Murton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Naburn	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (g).
Nether Poppleton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1854	See Table 2, note (a).
New Earswick	Yorkshire North Riding	1934	1936	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parish of Huntington. See also Table 2, note (f).
Osbaldwick	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Overton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1895	See Table 2, note (e).
Rawcliffe	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Rufforth	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1854	See Table 2, note (a).
St. Andrew	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Crux	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Cuthbert	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Dennis	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. George	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Giles in the Suburbs	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Helen Stonegate	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. John Delpike	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. John Micklegate	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Lawrence	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Margaret	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Martin le Grand	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Martin Micklegate with St. Mary	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Mary Bishopshill Junior	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Mary Bishopshill Senior	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Mary Castlegate	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Maurice	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Michael le Belfrey	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Michael Spurriergate	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Nicholas	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Olave Marygate	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Peter le Willows	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Peter the Little	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Sampson	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Saviour	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
St. Wilfred	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1900	Abolished 26.3.1900 and incorporated into the parish of York.
Sand Hutton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Shipton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1854	See Table 2, note (a).
Skelton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Stillingfleet	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 by renaming the parish of Stillingfleet with Moreby. See also Table 2, note (g).
Stillingfleet with Moreby	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and renamed Stillingfleet.
Stockton on the Forest	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Strensall	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Thorganby	Yorkshire East Riding	1935	1937	Created 1.4.1935 by renaming the parish of Thorganby with West Cottingwith. See also Table 2, note (g).
Thorganby with West Cottingwith	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and renamed Thorganby.
Towthorpe	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Upper Helmsley	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Upper Poppleton	Yorkshire West Riding	1837	1854	See Table 2, note (a).
Warthill	Yorkshire North Riding	1925	1936	Created 1.4.1925 from the parishes of Warthill Copyhold and Warthill Freehold. See also Table 2, note (f).
Warthill Copyhold	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1925	Abolished 1.4.1925 and incorporated into the parish of Warthill.
Warthill Freehold	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1925	Abolished 1.4.1925 and incorporated into the parish of Warthill.
Water Fulford	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and renamed Fulford.
West Stamford Bridge with Scoreby	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Kexby and Stamford Bridge.
Wheldrake	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1937	See Table 2, note (g).
Wigginton	Yorkshire North Riding	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
York	Yorkshire East Riding	1900	1974	Created 26.3.1900 out of the parishes of Clifton Within, St. Mary Bishopshill Junior, St. Mary Bishopshill Senior, Gate Fulford, St. Maurice, St. Cuthbert, St. Lawrence, St. Giles yn the Suburbs, St. George, Holy Trinity Micklegate, St. Nicholas, St. Saviour, St. Olave Marygate, Holgate, St. Margaret, All Saints North Street, St. Dennis, St. Martin Micklegate with St. Gregory, St. Mary Castlegate, St. Michael le Belfry, St. John Micklegate, Holy Trinity Kings Court, Heworth Within, St. Peter Le Willows, St. Crux, St. Sampson, Minster Yard qith Beddern, St. Helen Stonegate, St. Andrew, St. Martin Le Grand, St. Michael Spurriergate, Holy Trinity Goodramgate, All Saints Pavement, St. John Delpike, St. Wilfred, St. Peter the Little, Dringhouses Within, Mint Yard, Davy Hall, and Middlethorpe Within. See also Table 2, notes (j), (k), (l) and (m).
York Castle	Yorkshire East Riding	1837	1974

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting York Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
5.8.1854	(a)	Lost the parishes and townships of Acomb, Hessay, Knapton, Moor Monkton, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth, Shipton, and Upper Poppleton, to help create Great Ouseburn registration district.	2377 in 1851
28.5.1861	(b)	Lost the parish of Angram to Wetherby registration district.	59 in 1861
16.8.1869	(c)	Lost the parish of Askham Bryan to Tadcaster registration district.	362 in 1861
21.8.1869	(d)	Lost the parish of Hutton Wandesley to Wetherby registration district.	122 in 1861
1.7.1895	(e)	Lost the parishes of Beningbrough and Overton to Easingwold registration district.	110 in 1891
1.10.1936	(f)	Lost the parishes of Bossall with Buttercrambe, Claxton, Clifton Without, Earswick, Flaxton, Gate Helmsley, Harton, Haxby, Heworth Without, Holtby, Huntington, Lillings Ambo, Murton, New Earswick, Osbaldwick, Rawcliffe, Sand Hutton, Skelton, Stockton on the Forest, Strensall, Towthorpe, Upper Helmsley, Warthill, and Wigginton, to Bulmer registration district.	11608 in 1931
1.4.1937	(g)	Lost the parishes of Deighton, Dunnington, Elvington, Escrick, Fulford, Heslington, Kexby, Naburn, Stillingfleet, Thorganby, and Wheldrake, to Howdenshire registration district.	5841 in 1931
1.1.1939	(h)	Lost the parishes of Acaster Malbis, Askham Richard, Bishopthorpe, and Copmanthorpe, to Tadcaster registration district.	1822 in 1931
1.1.1939	(i)	Lost the parish of Dringhouses Without (which became part of the parish of Askham Bryan on 1.4.1937) to Tadcaster registration district.	23 in 1931
1.4.1957	(j)	Gained part of the parish of York (which until 1.4.1957 formed part of the parish of Askham Bryan) from Barkston Ash registration district.
1.4.1968	(k)	Lost part of the parish of York (which became part of the parish of Heworth Without on 1.4.1968) to Bulmer registration district.
	(l)	Gained part of the parish of York (which until 1.4.1968 formed parts of the parishes of Clifton Without, Heworth Without, Huntington, and Osbaldwick) from Bulmer registration district.
	(m)	Gained part of the parish of York (which until 1.4.1968 formed part of the parish of Heslington) from Howdenshire registration district.

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