Whitechapel Registration District

WHITECHAPEL REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : London.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.1926 (incorporated into Stepney registration district).
Sub-districts : Aldgate, Artillery, Goodmans Fields, Mile End New Town, Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Whitechapel Church, Whitechapel First, Whitechapel North, Whitechapel Second
GRO volumes : II (1837–51), 1c (1852–1925).
Registers now held by : Tower Hamlets.

Table 1: List of Places in Whitechapel Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Notes
Holy Trinity Minories	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.10.1895 and incorporated into the parish of Whitechapel.
Holy Trinity Minories	London	1889	1895
Mile End New Town	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1921 and incorporated into the parish of Whitechapel. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Mile End New Town	London	1889	1921
Norton Folgate	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1921 and incorporated into the parish of Whitechapel. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Norton Folgate	London	1889	1921
Old Artillery Ground	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1921 and incorporated into the parish of Whitechapel.
Old Artillery Ground	London	1889	1921
Old Tower Without	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.10.1895 and incorporated into the parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate.
Old Tower Without	London	1889	1895
Spitalfields	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1921 and incorporated into the parish of Whitechapel. See also Table 2, note (c).
Spitalfields	London	1889	1921
St. Botolph Without Aldgate	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1921 and incorporated into the parish of Whitechapel.
St. Botolph Without Aldgate	London	1889	1921
St. Katherine by the Tower	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.10.1895 and incorporated into the parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate.
St. Katherine by the Tower	London	1889	1895
Tower of London	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 15.6.1901 and incorporated into the parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate.
Tower of London	London	1889	1901
Whitechapel	Middlesex	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (d), (e), (f) and (i).
Whitechapel	London	1889	1925	See Table 2, notes (d), (e), (f) and (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Whitechapel Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1901	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Mile End New Town (which became part of the parish of Bethnal Green on 1.4.1901) to Bethnal Green registration district.	352 in 1901
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Mile End New Town (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Bethnal Green) from Bethnal Green registration district.	454 in 1901
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Spitalfields (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Bethnal Green) from Bethnal Green registration district.	16 in 1901
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Whitechapel (which became part of the parish of Bethnal Green on 1.4.1901) to Bethnal Green registration district.	25 in 1901
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Whitechapel (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Bethnal Green) from Bethnal Green registration district.	0 in 1901
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Whitechapel (which became part of the parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate on 1.4.1901) to London City registration district.	22 in 1901
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Norton Folgate (which became part of the parish of Shoreditch on 1.4.1901) to Shoreditch registration district.	85 in 1901
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Norton Folgate (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Shoreditch) from Shoreditch registration district.	126 in 1901
1.1.1926 (abolished)	(i)	Lost the constituent parish of Whitechapel to Stepney registration district.	53855 in 1921

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