Dorset Civil Registration: Difference between revisions
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* [[Poole Registration District, Dorset|Poole]] | * [[Poole Registration District, Dorset|Poole]] | ||
* [[Shaftesbury Registration District, Dorset|Shaftesbury]] | * [[Shaftesbury Registration District, Dorset|Shaftesbury]] | ||
* [[Sherborne Registration District, Dorset|Sherborne]] - included Somerset parishes that were later transferred to [[Dorset]] | * [[Sherborne Registration District, Dorset|Sherborne]] - included Somerset parishes that were later transferred to [[Dorset Genealogy|Dorset]] | ||
** [[Goathill, Dorset|Goathill]] transferred to Dorset in 1895 | ** [[Goathill, Dorset|Goathill]] transferred to Dorset in 1895 | ||
** [[Holwell, Dorset|Holwell]] transferred to Dorset in 1844 | ** [[Holwell, Dorset|Holwell]] transferred to Dorset in 1844 | ||
Revision as of 18:01, 2 February 2015
The mandatory civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Dorset was introduced on 1 July 1837 and it was throughout England. The registration districts were organised based on poor law unions. Records are held in the Dorset Record Office.
Civil Registration Districts in Dorset[edit | edit source]
- Beaminster - included Somerset parishes
- Misterton not transferred to Dorset
- Seaborough transferred to Dorset from 1895
- Blandford
- Bridport
- Cerne
- Dorchester
- Poole
- Shaftesbury
- Sherborne - included Somerset parishes that were later transferred to Dorset
- Goathill transferred to Dorset in 1895
- Holwell transferred to Dorset in 1844
- Marston Magna not transferred to Dorset
- Poyntington transferred to Dorset in 1895
- Sandford Orcas transferred to Dorset in 1895
- Trent transferred to Dorset in 1895
- Sturminster
- Wareham
- Weymouth
- Wimborne
In 1837 some Dorset parishes were included in registration districts organised in neighbouring counties
- Axminster - included Dorset parishes that were later transferred to Devon
- Axminster part of Dorset until 1844
- Chardstock part of Dorset until 1896
- Charmouth not transferred to Devon
- Dalwood part of Dorset until 1844
- Hawkchurch part of Dorset until 1896
- Lyme Regis not transferred to Devon
- Stockland part of Dorset until 1844
- Thorncombe transferred to Dorset in 1844
- Chard - included Dorset parishes that were later transferred to Somerset
- Wambrook transferred to Somerset in 1895
- Mere - included Dorset parishes
- Wincanton - included Dorset parishes
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