Isle of Wight Registration District (original) (raw)
All areas in the registration district were transferred from Hampshire to the Isle of Wight on 1.4.1890
Civil Parish
(*or Unparished Area)
County
From
To
Comments
Arreton
1890
1894
Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of North Arreton and South Arreton.
Arreton
1974
Created 1.4.1974 by renaming the parish of South Arreton.
Ashey
1894
1933
Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Ryde. Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Ryde and Newchurch.
Bembridge
1896
Created 1.4.1896 out of the parish of Brading.
Binstead
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Ryde and Newport.
Bonchurch
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Ventnor and Sandown-Shanklin.
Brading
1890
Brighstone
1890
Brook
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Brightstone.
Calbourne
1890
2019
Renamed 16.5.2019 to become the parish of Calbourne, Newtown & Porchfield.
Calbourne, Newtown & Porchfield
2019
Created 16.5.2019 by renaming the parish of Calbourne
Carisbrooke
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Newport.
Chale
1890
Chillteron & Gatcombe
2011
Created 16.6.2011 by renaming the parish of Gatcombe.
Cowes
1894
1974
Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Northwood in West Cowes Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Medina unparished area.
Cowes
1985
Created 1.4.1985 out of the Medina unparished area.
East Cowes
1894
1933
Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Whippingham in East Cowes Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Cowes.
East Cowes
1998
Created 1.4.1998 out of the Isle of Wight unparished area.
East Shanklin
1894
1898
Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Brading in Shanklin Urban District. Abolished 30.9.1898 and added to the parish of Shanklin.
Fishbourne
2006
Created 1.4.2006 out of the Isle of Wight unparished area.
Freshwater
1890
Gatcombe
1890
2011
Renamed 16.6.2011 to become the parish of Chillerton & Gatcombe.
Godshill
1890
Gurnard
1985
Created 1.4.1985 out of the Medina unparished area.
Havenstreet & Ashley
2006
Created 1.4.2006 out of the Isle of Wight unparished area.
Isle of Wight*
1995
2008
Created 1.4.1995 by renaming the Medina unparished area. Abolished 1.4.2008 and divided into the parishes of Newport, Northwood, Ryde and Whippingham.
Kingston
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Shorwell.
Lake
1984
Created 1.4.1984 out of the South Wight unparished area.
Medina*
1974
1995
Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Cowes, Newport and Ryde. Renamed 1.4.1995 to become the Isle of Wight unparished area.
Mottistone
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Brightstone.
Nettlestone & Seaview
1989
Created 15.5.1989 by renaming the parish of Seaview.
Newchurch
1890
Newport
1890
1974
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Medina unparished area.
Newport
2008
2018
Created 1.4.2008 out of the Isle of Wight unparished area. Renamed 20.9.2018 to become the parish of Newport & Carisbrooke.
Newport & Carisbrooke
2018
Created 20.9.2018 by renaming the parish of Newport.
Niton
1890
1980
Renamed 1.12.1980 to become the parish of Niton & Whitwell
Niton & Whitwell
1980
Created 1.12.1980 by renaming the parish of Niton.
North Arreton
1894
1907
Created 1894 out of the parish of Arreton. Abolished 1.4.1907 and added to the parish of Whippingham.
Northwood
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Cowes and Newport.
Northwood
2008
Created 1.4.2008 out of the Isle of Wight unparished area.
Rookley
1984
Created 1.4.1984 out of the parishes of Arreton and Godshill.
Ryde
1890
1974
Created 1.1.1868 out of the parish of Newchurch. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Medina unparished area.
Ryde
2008
Created 1.4.2008 out of the Isle of Wight unparished area.
Sandown
1894
1933
Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Brading in Sandown Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Sandown-Shanklin.
Sandown
1984
Created 1.4.1984 out of the South Wight unparished area.
Sandown-Shanklin
1933
1974
Created 1.4.1933 out of the parishes of Sandown, Shanklin, Brading, Yaverland and Bonchurch. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become the South Wight unparished area.
Seaview
1989
1989
Created 1.4.1989 out of the Medina unparished area. Renamed 15.5.1989 to become the parish of Nettlestone & Seaview.
Shalfleet
1890
Shanklin
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Sandown-Shanklin.
Shanklin
1984
Created 1.4.1984 out of the South Wight unparished area and part of the parish of Newchurch.
Shorwell
1890
South Arreton
1894
1974
Created 1894 out of the parish of Arreton. Renamed 1.4.1974 to become the parish of Arreton.
South Wight*
1974
1984
Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Sandown-Shanklin. Abolished 1.4.1984 and divided between the parishes of Lake, Sandown and Shanklin.
St. Helens
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Ryde.
St. Helens
1985
Created 1.4.1985 out of the Medina unparished area.
St. Lawrence
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Ventnor.
St. Nicholas
1890
1894
Abolished 30.9.1894 and divided between the parishes of Newport, Carisbrooke and Northwood.
Thorley
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Yarmouth.
Totland
1894
Created 30.9.1894 out of the parish of Freshwater.
Ventnor
1890
Created 1.1.1868 out of the parish of Newchurch.
Whippingham
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Newport, Cowes and Ryde.
Whippingham
2008
Created 1.4.2008 out of the Isle of Wight unparished area.
Whitwell
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Niton and Ventnor.
Wootton
1890
1894
Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Gatcombe and Whippingham.
Wootton
1985
1989
Created 1.4.1985 out of the Medina unparished area. Renamed 14.3.1989 to become the parish of Wootton Bridge.
Wootton Bridge
1989
Created 14.3.1989 by renaming the parish of Wootton.
Wroxall
1896
1933
Created 1.4.1896 out of the parish of Newchurch. Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Ventnor and Newchurch.
Wroxall
1984
Created 1.4.1984 out of the parishes of Godshill, Newchurch and Ventnor.
Yarmouth
1890
Yaverland
1890
1933
Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Sandown-Shanklin, Bembridge and Brading.
This district has not been affected by any boundary changes with other registration districts.
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