Exeter Registration District

EXETER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Devonshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Exeter, Exeter East, Exeter Eastern, Exeter First, Exeter Hospitals, Exeter Second, Exeter West, Exeter Western, St. David, St. Sidwell.
GRO volumes : X (1837–51), 5b (1852–1946), 7A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Exeter.

Table 1: List of Places in Exeter Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
All Hallows Goldsmith Street	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
All Hallows on the Walls	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
Bedford Circus	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
Bradninch	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
Castle Yard	Devon	1837	1974
Close of St. Peters Cathedral	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
Exeter	Devon	1901	1974	Created 26.3.1901 from the parishes of St. Sidwell, St. David, Holy Trinity, St. Leonard, St. Mary Major, St. Edmund, St. Mary Steps, St. Paul, All Hallows On The Walls, St. George The Martyr, St. Olave, St. Mary Arches, St. John, St. Lawrence, St. Kerian, Close of St. Peters Cathedral, St. Stephen, St. Pancras, St. Petrock, All Hallows Goldsmith Street, St. Martin, Bedford Circus, and Bradninch. See also Table 2, notes (b), (e), (g) and (h).
Holy Trinity	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. David	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Edmund	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. George the Martyr	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. John	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Kerrian	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Lawrence	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Leonard	Devon	1878	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Martin	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Mary Arches	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Mary Major	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Mary Steps	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Olave	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Pancras	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Paul	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Petrock	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Sidwell	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Stephen	Devon	1837	1901	Abolished 26.3.1901 and incorporated into the parish of Exeter.
St. Thomas the Apostle	Devon	1936	1974	See Table 2, notes (c), (d), (f) and (i).
Unnamed	Devon	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. David (including the Devon County Prison and Constabulary Barracks).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Exeter Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
15.7.1878	(a)	Gained most of the parish of St. Leonard from St. Thomas registration district. The remainder of St. Leonards parish (comprising part of the Topsham Artillery barracks, together with the house, garden, and grounds occupied as judges' lodgings and including Larkbear) remained in St. Thomas registration district, and became part of the parish of Heavitree on 8.4.1879, and thereafter the parish of St. Leonard was situated wholly in Exeter registration district.	1697 in 1871
1.2.1914	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Exeter (which until 9.11.1913 formed parts of the parishes of Heavitree and Topsham) from St. Thomas registration district	10428 in 1911
1.4.1936	(c)	Gained the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle from St. Thomas registration district	15421 in 1931
1.10.1937	(d)	Gained part of the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle (which until 1.10.1937 formed part of the parish of Alphington) from Devon Central registration district.
1.4.1940	(e)	Gained parts of the parish of Exeter (which until 1.4.1940 formed parts of the parishes of Brampford Speke, Exminster, Pinhoe, Sowton, Stoke Canon, Topsham, and Whitestone) from Devon Central registration district.
1.4.1940	(f)	Gained parts of the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle (which until 1.4.1940 formed parts of the parishes of Alphington and Upton Pyne) from Devon Central registration district.
1.4.1966	(g)	Lost parts of the parish of Exeter (which became parts of the parishes of Huxham, Poltimore, and Sowton on 1.4.1966) to Devon Central registration district.
	(h)	Gained parts of the parish of Exeter (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Huxham, Pinhoe, Poltimore, Sowton, and Topsham) from Devon Central registration district.
	(i)	Gained parts of the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle (which until 1.4.1966 formed parts of the parishes of Alphington and Exminster) from Devon Central registration district.

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