Hungerford Registration District

HUNGERFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Berkshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1937 (incorporated into Newbury registration district).
Sub-districts : Hungerford, Kintbury, Lambourn, Ramsbury.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 2c (1852–1937).
Registers now held by : West Berkshire and Wiltshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Hungerford Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Aldbourne	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Avington	Berkshire	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Kintbury.
Baydon	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Buttermere	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Chilton Foliat	Wiltshire and Berkshire	1837	1895	In 1894 the Berkshire part of the parish of Chilton Foliat became part of the parish of Hungerford, so that thereafter Chilton Foliat was wholly in Wiltshire. See also Table 2, note (a).
Chilton Foliat	Wiltshire	1895	1936
Combe	Hampshire	1837	1895	Transferred from Hampshire to Berkshire on 30.9.1895. See also Table 2, note (b).
Combe	Berkshire	1895	1937
East Garston	Berkshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (b).
East Shefford	Berkshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (b).
Froxfield	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Grafton	Wiltshire	1895	1936	Created 1.4.1895 out of the parish of Great Bedwyn. See also Table 2, note (a).
Great Bedwyn	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Ham	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Hipperscombe	Berkshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Tidcombe & Fosbury.
Hungerford	Berkshire and Wiltshire	1837	1895	On 28.3.1895 the Wiltshire part of the parish of Hungerford was transferred to Berkshire, so that thereafter Hungeford was wholly in Berkshire. See also Table 2, note (b).
Hungerford	Berkshire	1895	1937
Inkpen	Berkshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (b).
Kintbury	Berkshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (b).
Lambourn	Berkshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (b).
Little Bedwyn	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Ramsbury	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
Shalbourne	Berkshire and Wiltshire	1837	1895	On 30.9.1895 the Berkshire part of the parish of Shalbourne was transferred from Berkshire to Wiltshire, so that thereafter Shalbourne was wholly in Wiltshire. See also Table 2, note (a).
Shalbourne	Wiltshire	1895	1936
Tidcombe & Fosbury	Wiltshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (a).
West Shefford	Berkshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (b).
West Woodhay	Berkshire	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Hungerford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1936	(a)	Lost the parishes of Aldbourne, Baydon, Buttermere, Chilton Foliat, Froxfield, Grafton, Great Bedwyn, Ham, Little Bedwyn, Ramsbury, Shalbourne, and Tidcombe & Fosbury, to Marlborough registration district.	6375 in 1931
1.4.1937	(b)	Lost the constituent parishes of Combe, East Garston, East Shefford, Hungerford, Inkpen, Kintbury, Lambourn, West Shefford, and West Woodhay, to Newbury registration district.	8706 in 1931

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