For the purposes of registering Births and Deaths, Wiltshire was divided into a number of Registrars' Sub-Districts, which could cover anything from part of a large town, up to a group of several dozen rural parishes. The boundaries of these areas have changed frequently over the years since 1837,small registration districts being amalgamated with others until the current five districts came into being. The five districts are Chippenham, Devizes and Marlborough, Salisbury, Trowbridge and Warminster.

Chippenham covers the following districts:- Chippenham, Calne, Malmesbury, Corsham, Christian Malford, Castle Combe, Cricklade (marriages only) and Wootton Bassett (marriages only)

Devizes covers the following districts:- Devizes, Marlborough, Pewsey, Netheravon, Bishops Cannings, Bromham and Potterne and Lavington

Trowbridge covers the following districts:- Trowbridge, Melksham and Bradford on Avon

Salisbury covers the following districts:- Salisbury, Amesbury, Mere, Tisbury and Wilton

Warminster covers the following districts:- Warminster and Westbury

This page will be updated each time new records are added to the database, and recent additions will also be indicated on the Updates page.

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* District in Berkshire prior to 1913