Wellington Registration District

WELLINGTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Somerset.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1936 (incorporated into Taunton and Tiverton registration districts).
Sub-districts : Culmstock, Milverton, Wellington, Wiveslicombe, Wormbridge.
GRO volumes : X (1837–51), 5c (1852–1936).
Registers now held by : Somerset and Devon.

Table 1: List of Places in Wellington Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ashbrittle	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Bathealton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Bradford	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Burlescombe	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (d) and (g).
Chipstable	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Clayhidon	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (g).
Culmstock	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (g).
Fitzhead	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Hemyock	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (g).
Hillfarrance	Somerset	1837	1884	Abolished 24.3.1884 and incorporated into the parishes of Oake, Nynehead, and Milverton. See also Table 2, note (b).
Holcombe Rogus	Devon	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (g).
Kittisford	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Stawley.
Langford Budville	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Milverton	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Nynehead	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Oake	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, notes (e) and (f).
Raddington	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Chipstable.
Runnington	Somerset	1837	1933	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Langford Budville.
Sampford Arundel	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Stawley	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Thorne St. Margaret	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Wellington	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Wellington Without	Somerset	1933	1936	Created 1.4.1933 out of the parish of Wellington. See also Table 2, note (f).
West Buckland	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Wiveliscombe	Somerset	1837	1936	See Table 2, note (f).
Wiveliscombe Without	Somerset	1894	1936	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Wiveliscombe. See also Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wellington Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Bradford on Tone (which became part of the parish of Bishops Hull on 24.3.1883) to Taunton registration district.	0 in 1891
24.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Hillfarrance (which became part of the parish of Halse on 24.3.1883) to Taunton registration district.	9 in 1891
24.3.1884	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Chipstable, including Chitcombe and Withy (which became part of the parish of Huish Champflower on 24.3.1884) to Dulverton registration district.	14 in 1891
	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Burlescombe, including Buehills Farm House, etc. (which became part of the parish of Sampford Peverell on 24.3.1884) to Tiverton registration district.	16 in 1891
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Oake (which until 24.3.1884 formed a detached part of the parish of Bishops Hull, including Priestwood) from Taunton registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1936 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the parishes of Ashbrittle, Bathealton, Bradford, Chipstable, Fitzhead, Langford Budville, Milverton, Nynehead, Oake, Sampford Arundel, Stawley, Thorne St. Margaret, Wellington, Wellington Without, West Buckland, Wiveliscombe, and Wiveliscombe Without, to Taunton registration district.	14158 in 1931
1.4.1936 (abolished)	(g)	Lost the parishes of Burlescombe, Clayhidon, Culmstock, Hemyock, and Holcombe Rogus, to Tiverton registration district.	3180 in 1931

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