Presteigne Registration District

PRESTEIGNE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Radnorshire.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Presteigne & Kington in early listings).
Abolished : 1.7.1877 (incorporated into Knighton and Kington registration districts).
Sub-districts : Brilley, Kington, Presteigne, Radnor.
GRO volumes : XXVI (1837–51), 11b (1852–77).
Registers now held by : Powys and Herefordshire.

Table 1: List of Places in Presteigne Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Brilley	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Byton	Herefordshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (c).
Cascob	Radnorshire and Herefordshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Herefordshire part of the parish of Cascob became part of Radnorshire, so that thereafter Cascob was wholly in Radnorshire. See also Table 2, note (d).
Cascob	Radnorshire	1844	1877
Colva	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Combe	Herefordshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (c).
Discoed	Radnorshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (d).
Eardisley	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Ednol	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Evenjobb	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Gladestry	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Glascwm	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Harpton & Wolfpits	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Huntington	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Kinnerton, Salford & Badland	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Kington	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Knill	Herefordshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (c).
Lingen	Herefordshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (c).
Llandegley	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Llanfihangel Nant Melan	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Lower Harpton	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Lower Kinsham	Herefordshire	1838	1877	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Lyonshall	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Michaelchurch on Arrow	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Newchurch	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
New Radnor	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Norton	Radnorshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (d).
Old Radnor & Burlingjobb	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Pembridge	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Pilleth	Radnorshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (d).
Presteigne	Radnorshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (d).
Rodd Nash & Little Brampton	Herefordshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (c).
Stapleton	Herefordshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (c).
Staunton on Arrow	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Titley	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Trewern & Gwailtha	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Upper Kinsham	Herefordshire	1838	1877	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Walton & Womaston	Radnorshire	1837	1870	See Table 2, note (b).
Whitton	Radnorshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (d).
Willersley	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Willey	Herefordshire	1837	1877	See Table 2, note (c).
Winforton	Herefordshire	1838	1870	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Presteigne Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
11.1.1839	(a)	Gained the parishes of Brilley, Eardisley, Huntington, Kington, Lower Harpton, Lower Kinsham, Lyonshall, Pembridge, Staunton on Arrow, Titley, Upper Kinsham, Willersley, and Winforton, from Kington registration district.
1.4.1870	(b)	Lost the parishes of Brilley, Colva, Ednol, Evenjobb, Gladestry, Glascwm, Harpton & Wolfpits, Huntington, Kinnerton Salford & Badland, Llandegley, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Lower Harpton, Lyonshall, Michaelchurch on Arrow, Newchurch, New Radnor, Old Radnor & Burlingjobb, Pembridge, Staunton on Arrow, Titley, Trewern & Gwailtha, Walton & Womaston, Willersley, and Winforton, to re create Kington registration district.	11930 in 1861
1.7.1877 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the parishes of Byton, Combe, Knill, Lingen, Lower Kinsham, Rodd Nash & Little Brampton, Stapleton, Upper Kinsham, and Willey, to Kington registration district.	1262 in 1871
1.7.1877 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the parishes of Cascob, Discoed, Norton, Pilleth, Presteigne, and Whitton, to Knighton registration district.	2607 in 1871

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