Wokingham Registration District

WOKINGHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Berkshire.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Wargrave, Wokingham.
GRO volumes : VI (1837–51), 2c (1852–1946), 6A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : Wokingham.

Table 1: List of Places in Wokingham Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Aldermaston	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Arborfield	Berkshire	1837	1948	Abolished 1.4.1948 and incorporated into the parish of Arborfield & Newland.
Arborfield & Newland	Berkshire	1948	1974	Created 1.4.1948 from the parishes of Arborfield and Newland.
Ashampstead	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Barkham	Berkshire	1837	1974
Basildon	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Beech Hill	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Beenham	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Bradfield	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Broad Hinton	Wiltshire	1837	1844	Transferred from Wiltshire to Berkshire on 20.10.1844. Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Hurst St. Nicholas and Twyford.
Broad Hinton	Berkshire	1844	1894
Bucklebury	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).
Burghfield	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Charvil	Berkshire	1970	1974	Created 1.4.1970 out of the parish of Woodley & Sandford.
Earley	Berkshire	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
East Swallowfield	Berkshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Swallowfield.
Englefield	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Finchampstead	Berkshire	1837	1974
Frilsham	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Grazeley	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Hurst St. Nicholas	Berkshire	1894	1974	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parishes of Whistley and Broad Hinton.
Newland	Berkshire	1837	1948	Abolished 1.4.1948 and incorporated into the parish of Arborfield & Newland.
Padworth	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Pangbourne	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Purley	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Remenham	Berkshire	1895	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Ruscombe	Berkshire	1837	1974
Shinfield	Berkshire and Wiltshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Wiltshire part of the parish of Shinfield became part of Berkshire, so that thereafter Shinfield was wholly in Berkshire. See also Table 2, note (b).
Shinfield	Berkshire	1844	1974
Sonning	Berkshire	1837	1974
Stanford Dingley	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Stratfield Mortimer	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Sulham	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Sulhamstead	Berkshire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Sulhamstead Bannister	Berkshire	1934	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Swallowfield	Berkshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the parishes of West Swallowfield and East Swallowfield.
Theale	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Tidmarsh	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Tilehurst	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Twyford	Berkshire	1894	1974	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parishes of Whistley and Broad Hinton.
Ufton Nervet	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Wargrave	Berkshire	1837	1974
West Swallowfield	Berkshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parish of Swallowfield.
Whistley	Berkshire	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Twyford and Hurst St. Nicholas.
Winnersh	Berkshire	1837	1974
Wokefield	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Wokingham	Berkshire and Wiltshire	1837	1844	On 20.10.1844 the Wiltshire part of the parish of Wokingham became part of Berkshire, so that thereafter Wokingham was wholly in Berkshire. Abolished 1894 and incorporated into the parishes of Wokingham Within and Wokingham Without.
Wokingham	Berkshire	1844	1894
Wokingham Within	Berkshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Wokingham in Wokingham Municipal Borough.
Wokingham Without	Berkshire	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Wokingham.
Woodley & Sandford	Berkshire	1837	1974
Yattendon	Berkshire	1937	1974	See Table 2, note (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Wokingham Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1889	(a)	Lost the part of the parish of Earley in Reading Municipal Borough (which became part of the parish of St. Giles on 24.3.1889) to Reading registration district.	6162 in 1891
24.3.1889	(b)	Lost the part of the parish of Shinfield in Reading Municipal Borough (which became part of the parish of St. Giles on 24.3.1889) to Reading registration district.	41 in 1891
1.6.1895	(c)	Gained the parish of Remenham from Henley registration district.	546 in 1891
1.4.1937	(d)	Gained the parishes of Aldermaston, Ashampstead, Basildon, Beech Hill, Beenham, Bradfield, Bucklebury, Burghfield, Englefield, Frilsham, Grazeley, Padworth, Pangbourne, Purley, Stanford Dingley, Stratfield Mortimer, Sulham, Sulhamstead, Sulhamstead Bannister, Theale, Tidmarsh, Tilehurst, Ufton Nervet, Wokefield, and Yattendon, from Bradfield registration district.	13700 in 1931
1.4.1969	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Bucklebury (which became part of the parish of Hermitage on 1.4.1969) to Newbury registration district.
1.4.1969	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Bucklebury (which until 1.4.1969 formed part of the parish of Hampstead Norris) from Wantage registration district.

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