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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Dorset (sometimes known as "Dorsetshire") since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.
For the purposes of these pages, "Dorset" refers to:
Click on a district name in the table below to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.
Registration District |
Registration County |
From |
To |
Comments |
1837 |
1936 |
Partly in Dorset until 1.7.1936. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Bridport registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1956 |
Abolished 1.7.1956 and added to Poole registration district. |
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Dorset |
1974 |
2019 |
Transferred from Hampshire on 1.4.1974. Abolished 1.4.2019 and added to Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole registration district. |
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Dorset |
2019 |
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Created 1.4.2019 out of Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole registration districts. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1997 |
Renamed 1.4.1997 to become West Dorset registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1838 |
Abolished 15.1.1838 and added to Dorchester registration district. |
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1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Dorset until 30.9.1895. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1949 |
Abolished 1.7.1949 and added to Weymouth registration district. |
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Dorset |
2005 |
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Created 17.10.2005 from East Dorset, North Dorset and South & West Dorset registration districts. |
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Dorset |
1997 |
2005 |
Created 1.4.1997 out of Bournemouth and Poole registration districts. Abolished 17.10.2005 and added to Dorset registration district. |
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1837 |
1896 |
Partly in Dorset until 1.11.1896 |
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Dorset |
1974 |
2005 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Poole and Sturminster registration districts. Abolished 17.10.2005 and added to Dorset registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
2019 |
Abolished 1.4.2019 and added to Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Sturminster registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Sturminster registration district. |
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Dorset |
1997 |
2001 |
Created 1.4.1997 out of Weymouth and Poole registration districts. Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to South & West Dorset registration district. |
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Dorset |
2001 |
2005 |
Created 1.10.2001 from South Dorset and West Dorset registration districts. Abolished 17.10.2005 and added to Dorset registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to North Dorset registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Poole registration district. |
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Dorset |
1997 |
2001 |
Created 1.4.1997 by renaming Bridport registration district. Abolished 1.10.2001 and added to South & West Dorset registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1997 |
Abolished 1.4.1997 and added to South Dorset registration district. |
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Dorset |
1837 |
1937 |
Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to Blandford registration district. |
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1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Dorset until 1.6.1895. |
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