Axminster Registration District

AXMINSTER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Devon.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.7.1936 (to become part of Honiton and Bridport registration districts).
Sub-districts : Axminster, Chardstock, Colyton, Lyme.
GRO volumes: X (1837–51), 5b (1852–1936).
Registers now held by : Devon and Dorset.

Table 1: List of Places in Axminster Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Axminster	Devon and Dorset	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Dorset part of the parish of Axminster became part of Devon, so that thereafter Axminster was wholly in Devon. Abolished 1.4.1915 to become the separate parishes of Axminster Town and Axminster Hamlets.
Axminster	Devon	1844	1915
Axminster Hamlets	Devon	1915	1936	Created 1.4.1915 from the rural part of the parish of Axminster. See also Table 2, note (e).
Axminster Town	Devon	1915	1936	Created 1.4.1915 from the part of the parish of Axminster in Axminster Urban District. See also Table 2, note (e).
Axmouth	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Beer	Devon	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Seaton & Beer. See also Table 2, note (e).
Chardstock	Dorset	1837	1896	Transferred from Dorset to Devon on 2.7.1896. See also Table 2, note (e).
Chardstock	Devon	1896	1936
Charmouth	Dorset	1837	1896	See Table 2, note (c).
Colyton	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (a), (e) and (f).
Combpyne	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Dalwood	Dorset	1837	1844	Transferred from Dorset to Devon on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (e).
Dalwood	Devon	1844	1936
Hawkchurch	Dorset	1837	1896	Transferred from Dorset to Devon on 30.9.1896. See also Table 2, note (e).
Hawkchurch	Devon	1896	1936
Kilmington	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Lyme Regis	Dorset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (d).
Membury	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Musbury	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Rousdon	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Seaton	Devon	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Seaton & Beer in Seaton Urban District. See also Table 2, note (e).
Seaton & Beer	Devon	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Seaton and Beer.
Shute	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).
Stockland	Dorset	1837	1844	Transferred from Dorset to Devon on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (e).
Stockland	Devon	1844	1936
Thorncombe	Devon	1837	1844	Transferred from Devon to Dorset on 20.10.1844. See also Table 2, note (b).
Thorncombe	Dorset	1844	1896
Uplyme	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Axminster Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1885	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Colyton (which became part of the parish of Southleigh on 25.3.1885) to Honiton registration district.	36 in 1891
1.5.1896	(b)	Lost the parish of Thorncombe to Beaminster registration district.	941 in 1891
1.5.1896	(c)	Lost the parish of Charmouth to Bridport registration district.	535 in 1891
1.7.1936 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the parish of Lyme Regis to Bridport registration district.	2620 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the parishes of Axminster Hamlets, Axminster Town, Axmouth, Beer, Chardstock, Colyton, Combpyne, Dalwood, Hawkchurch, Kilmington, Membury, Musbury, Rousdon, Seaton, Shute, Stockland, and Uplyme, to Honiton registration district.	15085 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Colyton (which became part of the parish of Farway on 1.4.1935) to Honiton registration district.	0 in 1931

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