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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Somerset since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.
For the purposes of these pages, "Somerset" refers to:
Click on a district name 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 |
Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Weston-super-Mare registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974. |
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Somerset |
1996 |
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Created:1.4.1996 out of Bath and Bristol registration districts. |
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Somerset |
1936 |
1974 |
Created:1.4.1936 out of Bath, Keynsham and Clutton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Bath and Bristol registration districts. |
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1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Somerset until 30.9.1895. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1898 |
Renamed 1.4.1899 to become Long Ashton registration district. |
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1837 |
1882 |
Partly in Somerset until 1.1.1883. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Sedgemoor and Yeovil registration districts. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Yeovil registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Norton Radstock, Bathavon and Wells registration districts. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1838 |
Abolished 15.1.1838 and added to Tiverton registration district. |
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Somerset |
1855 |
1936 |
Created:1.1.1855 out of Tiverton registration district. Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Exmoor registration district. |
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Somerset |
1936 |
1974 |
Created:1.4.1936 out of Williton and Dulverton registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to West Somerset registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Mendip registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Chipping Sodbury, Bathavon, Bristol and Chipping Sodbury registration districts. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Bridgwater registration district. |
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Somerset |
1899 |
1936 |
Created:1.1.1899 by renaming Bedminster registration district. Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Weston-super-Mare and Bristol registration districts. |
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Somerset |
1974 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.1974 out of Wells, Frome, Norton Radstock and Weston-super-Mare registration districts. Abolished 1.1.2008 and added to Somerset registration district. |
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1837 |
1896 |
Partly in Somerset until 30.9.1896. |
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Somerset |
1996 |
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Created:1.4.1996 out of Weston-super-Mare and Bristol registration districts. |
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Somerset |
1936 |
1974 |
Created:1.4.1936 out of Clutton, Frome and Shepton Mallet registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and divided between Bath and Mendip registration districts. |
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Somerset |
1974 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.1974 out of Bridgwater and Weston-super-Mare registration districts. Abolished 1.1.2008 and added to Somerset registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Wells, Frome and Norton Radstock registration districts. |
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1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Somerset until 30.9.1895. |
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Somerset |
2008 |
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Created:1.1.2008 from Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton and West Somerset registration districts. |
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Somerset |
2003 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.2003 by renaming Yeovil registration district. Abolished 1.1.2008 and added to Somerset registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Renamed 1.4.1974 to become Taunton Deane registration district. |
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Somerset |
1996 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.1996 by renaming Taunton Deane registration district. Abolished 1.1.2008 and added to Somerset registration district. |
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Somerset |
1974 |
1996 |
Created:1.4.1974 by renaming Taunton registration district. Renamed 1.4.1996 to become Taunton registration district. |
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1837 |
1854 |
Partly in Somerset until 1.1.1855. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 and divided between Taunton and Tiverton registration districts. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Mendip registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Transferred to Avon on 1.4.1974. |
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Somerset |
1974 |
2007 |
Created:1.4.1974 by renaming Exmoor registration district. Abolished 1.1.2008 and added to Somerset registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1936 |
Abolished 1.4.1936 and added to Exmoor registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Yeovil registration district. |
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Somerset |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.4.2003 to become South Somerset registration district. |
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