Gloucester Rural Registration District

GLOUCESTER RURAL REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Gloucestershire.
Created : 1.4.1937 (out of Gloucester, Newent, Wheatenhurst, Westbury on Severn, Tewkesbury and Stroud registration districts).
Sub district : Gloucester Rural.
GRO volumes : 6a (1937–46), 7B (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Gloucestershire.

Table 1: List of Places in Gloucester Rural Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Arlingham	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Ashleworth	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Barnwood	Gloucestershire	1937	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Gloucester, Hucclecote, and Upton St. Leonards. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Brockworth	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Bromsberrow	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Brookthorpe	Gloucestershire	1937	1956	Abolished 3.7.1956 and renamed Brookthorpe with Whaddon. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Brookthorpe with Whaddon	Gloucestershire	1956	1974	Created 3.7.1956 by renaming the parish of Brookthorpe.
Chaceley	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Churchdown	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Corse	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Down Hatherley	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Dymock	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Eastington	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (g).
Elmore	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Forthampton	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (e) and (k).
Frampton on Severn	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Fretherne with Saul	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Frocester	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Hardwicke	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Harescombe	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Haresfield	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Hartpury	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Hasfield	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Hempsted	Gloucestershire	1937	1966	Abolished 1.4.1966 and incorporated into the parishes of Gloucester, Highnam, and Minsterworth. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Highnam	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Hucclecote	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Innsworth	Gloucestershire	1967	1974	Created 14.9.1967 by renaming the parish of Longlevens.
Kempley	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (l).
Longford	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (p) and (q).
Longlevens	Gloucestershire	1937	1967	Abolished 14.9.1967 and renamed Innsworth. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Longney	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Maisemore	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Minsterworth	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Moreton Valence	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Newent	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Newnham	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Norton	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Oxenhall	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Pauntley	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Quedgeley	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Redmarley D'Abitot	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (c), (n) and (o).
Rudford	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Sandhurst	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Standish	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Staunton	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (k).
Taynton	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Tibberton	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Tirley	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Twigworth	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Upleadon	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Upton St. Leonards	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (j) and (p).
Westbury on Severn	Gloucestershire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Wheatenhurst	Gloucestershire	1937	1945	Abolished 9.11.1945 and renamed Whitminster. See also Table 2, note (g).
Whitminster	Gloucestershire	1945	1974	Created 9.11.1945 by renaming the parish of Wheatenhurst.
Wotton Vill	Gloucestershire	1937	1951	Abolished 1.4.1951 and incorporated into the parish of Gloucester. See also Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Gloucester Rural Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1937 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Ashleworth, Barnwood, Brockworth, Churchdown, Down Hatherley, Elmore, Hempsted, Highnam, Hucclecote, Longford, Longlevens, Maisemore, Norton, Quedgeley, Sandhurst, Twigworth, Upton St. Leonards, and Wotton Vill, from Gloucester registration district.	11788 in 1931
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Brookthorpe (which until 1.4.1935 formed parts of the parishes of Matson and Whaddon) from Gloucester registration district.	101 in 1931
	(c)	Gained the parishes of Bromsberrow, Corse, Dymock, Hartpury, Kempley, Newent, Oxenhall, Pauntley, Redmarley D'Abitot, Rudford, Staunton, Taynton, Tibberton, and Upleadon, from Newent registration district.	7422 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Eastington (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Stonehouse) from Stroud registration district.	0 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Chaceley, Forthampton, Hasfield, and Tirley, from Tewkesbury registration district.	853 in 1931
	(f)	Gained the parishes of Minsterworth, Newnham, and Westbury on Severn, from Westbury on Severn registration district.	3121 in 1931
	(g)	Gained the parishes of Arlingham, Brookthorpe, Eastington, Frampton on Severn, Fretherne with Saul, Frocester, Hardwicke, Harescombe, Haresfield, Longney, Moreton Valence, Standish, and Wheatenhurst, from Wheatenhurst registration district.	6326 in 1931
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Quedgeley (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Hardwicke) from Wheatenhurst registration district.	47 in 1931
1.4.1951	(i)	Lost the parish of Wotton Vill, and parts of the parishes of Barnwood, Brookthorpe, Hempsted, Longlevens, and Quedgeley (which became parts of the parish of Gloucester on 1.4.1951) to Gloucester City registration district.
1.4.1957	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Upton St. Leonards (which became part of the parish of Gloucester on 1.4.1957) to Gloucester City registration district.
1.4.1965	(k)	Lost parts of the parishes of Chaceley, Forthampton, and Staunton (which became parts of the parish of Eldersfield on 1.4.1965) to Malvern registration district.
	(l)	Gained part of the parish of Kempley (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Upton Bishop) from Ross registration district.
	(m)	Gained part of the parish of Newent (which until 1.4.1965 formed part of the parish of Aston Ingham) from Ross registration district.
	(n)	Lost part of the parish of Redmarley D'Abitot (which became part of the parish of Pendock on 1.4.1965) to Malvern registration district.
	(o)	Gained parts of the parish of Redmarley D'Abitot (which until 1.4.1965 formed parts of the parish of Eldersfield and Pendock) from Malvern registration district.
1.4.1967	(p)	Lost the parish of Hempsted, and parts of the parishes of Barnwood, Highnam, Hucclecote, Longford, Longlevens, Maisemore, and Upton St. Leonards (which became part of the parish of Gloucester on 1.4.1967) to Gloucester City registration district.
1.4.1967	(q)	Gained part of the parish of Longford (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Gloucester) from Gloucester City registration district.

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