# The Civil Courts Order 1983 S.I. 1983/713 · made 11 May 1983 This Order consolidates the District Registries Order 1980, as amended; the County Court Districts Order 1970, as amended; The Divorce County Courts Order 1978, as amended; the County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Order 1971, as amended; the County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) Order 1971, as amended; and the County Courts (Race Relations Juridication) Order 1968 as amended. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/civil-courts-order-1983/pdf/uksi_19830713_en.pdf ## Introductory text SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES COUNTY COURTS JURISDICTION Made 11th May 1983 Laid before Parliament 12th May 1983 Coming into Operation 1st August 1983 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 99(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981; by section 29(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982; by section 1(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1967; by section 55 of the County Courts Act 1959; by section 96 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 and section 218(5) of the Companies Act 1948; and by section 67(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 1976; hereby makes the following Order:— ## 1 This Order may be cited as the Civil Courts Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1983. ## District Registries of the High Court ## 2 The district registry of the High Court at Builth shall be closed. ## 3 A district registry of the High Court shall be established at Brecon. ## 4 (1) There shall be a district registry of the High Court at each of the places specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order. (2) The name of every place so specified shall be the name of the district registry at that place, except that the name of the district registry at Brecon shall be the Brecknock District Registry, the name of the district registry at Chatham shall be the Medway District Registry and the name of the district registry at Margate shall be the Thanet District Registry. (3) A district registry which is appointed a Chancery district registry by the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 is denoted by the words “(Chancery)” beneath the name of the place at which the district registry is situated. (4) The district of each district registry shall be the area comprising the districts for the time being of the county courts named in the second column of Schedule 1 to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the district registry is situated. ## County Courts ## 5 (1) The holding of the Bromsgrove, Builth, Didcot, Leek, Louth, East Retford, Thame, Uttoxeter, Whitchurch and Witney County Courts shall be discontinued. (2) The county courts mentioned in column 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order shall have jurisdiction in proceedings commenced before this Order comes into operation in the courts mentioned opposite thereto in column 1. (3) No process shall be invalid only because the court is described therein by the name by which it was known prior to the coming into operation of this Order. ## 6 (1) There shall be a county court at each of the places mentioned in the first column of Schedule 3 to this Order. (2) The name of every place so specified shall be name of the county court at that place except where the contrary is specified in Schedule 4 to this Order. (3) The entries in respect of the City of London in Schedules 3 and 4 to this Order stem from section 42 of the Courts Act 1971 and are not made by virtue of section 29 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982. (4) The letters “D.R.” in the first column of Schedule 3 to this Order denote a district registry of the High Court. ## 7 For the purpose of section 1(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1967, where the word “Divorce” appears in the second column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite a place name in the first column, the county court at that place is hereby designated as a divorce county court and that county court is also designated as a court of trial. ## 8 For the purposes of section 55(1) of the County Courts Act 1959:— (a) where the word “Admiralty” appears in the second column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite a place named in the first column the county court at that place shall be appointed to have Admiralty jurisdiction; (b) the district of a county court not appointed to have Admiralty jurisdiction shall be assigned for Admiralty purposes to the Admiralty county court named in the third column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the court is situated. ## 9 For the purposes of section 96(2) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 and of section 218(5) of the Companies Act 1948:— (a) the county court at a place named in the first column of Schedule 3 to this Order shall be excluded from having jurisdiction under those Acts if the word “Bankruptcy” does not appear in the second column of the Schedule opposite the name of the place; (b) the district of a county court excluded from having jurisdiction under those Acts shall be attached for the purposes of those jurisdictions to the Bankruptcy county court named in the fourth column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the court is situated. ## 10 For the purposes of section 67(1) and (2) of the Race Relations Act 1976:— (a) where the words “Race Relations” appear in the second column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite a place named in the first column the county court at that place shall be designated for the purposes of that Act; (b) the district of a county court not designated for the purposes of that Act shall be assigned for Race Relations purposes to the Race Relations county court named in the fifth column of Schedule 3 to this Order opposite the name of the place at which the court is situated. ## 11 The Orders specified in Schedule 5 to this Order are hereby revoked. ## Signature Hailsham of St. Marylebone. C Dated 11th May 1983 ## Schedule 1 First Column Second Column NAME OF PLACE DISTRICTS DEFINED BY REFERENCE TO COUNTY COURT DISTRICTS Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Dolgellau Bangor Bangor Llangefni Barnsley Barnsley Barnstaple Barnstaple Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston Bath Bath Chippenham Trowbridge Bedford Bedford Birkenhead Birkenhead Ellesmere Port Birmingham (CHANCERY) Birmingham Redditch Blackburn Blackburn Blackpool Blackpool Blackwood Bargoed Blackwood Bolton Bolton Boston Boston Skegness Sleaford Spalding Bournemouth Bournemouth Poole Bradford Bradford Brecon Brecknock Llandrindod Wells Bridgend Bridgend Neath and Port Talbot Bridgwater Bridgwater Brighton Brighton Haywards Heath Lewes Bristol (CHANCERY) Bristol Weston Super Mare Burnley Accrington Burnley Nelson Rawtenstall Bury Bury Bury St. Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds Sudbury Caernarfon Caernarfon Conwy Porthmadog Cambridge Bishop's Stortford Cambridge Canterbury Ashford Canterbury Cardiff (CHANCERY) Barry Cardiff Carlisle Carlisle Penrith Carmarthen Ammanford Carmarthen Lampeter Llanelli Chatham Dartford Gravesend Medway Sheerness Sittingbourne Chelmsford Chelmsford Maldon Cheltenham Cheltenham Chester Chester Runcorn Chesterfield Alfreton Chesterfield Worksop Chichester Chichester Colchester Braintree Colchester and Clacton Coventry Banbury Coventry Nuneaton Stratford on Avon Warwick Crewe Crewe Northwich Croydon Bromley Croydon Darlington Darlington Northallerton Derby Burton upon Trent Buxton Derby Matlock Dewsbury Dewsbury Doncaster Doncaster Rotherham Thorne Dover Dover Folkestone Dudley Dudley Kidderminster Stourbridge Durham Bishop Auckland Durham Eastbourne Eastbourne Exeter Exeter Gloucester Gloucester Stroud Great Grimsby Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth Guildford Aldershot and Farnham Epsom Guildford Halifax Halifax Todmorden Harrogate Harrogate Hartlepool Hartlepool Hastings Hastings Haverfordwest Cardigan Haverfordwest Hereford Hereford Leominster Ludlow Huddersfield Huddersfield Ipswich Ipswich Keighley Keighley Skipton Kendal Kendal King's Lynn King's Lynn Wisbech Kingston upon Hull Beverley Goole Kingston upon Hull Lancaster Lancaster Leeds (CHANCERY) Leeds Otley Leicester Ashby de la Zouch Hinckley Leicester Loughborough Melton Mowbray Lincoln Gainsborough Grantham Lincoln Newark Liverpool (CHANCERY) Liverpool Lowestoft Lowestoft Luton Hertford Hitchin Luton Macclesfield Macclesfield Maidstone Maidstone Manchester (CHANCERY) Altrincham Manchester Salford Mansfield Mansfield Margate Thanet Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Newcastle upon Tyne (CHANCERY) Alnwick Berwick upon Tweed Blyth Morpeth Newcastle upon Tyne Newport (Gwent) Chepstow Monmouth Newport (Gwent) Pontypool Newport (Isle of Wight) Newport (Isle of Wight) Newtown Newtown Welshpool Northampton Bletchley and Leighton Buzzard Corby Kettering Northampton Rugby Wellingborough Norwich Norwich Nottingham Ilkeston Nottingham Oldham Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge Oldham Oxford Aylesbury Oxford Peterborough Huntingdon Peterborough Stamford Plymouth Launceston Plymouth Pontefract Pontefract Pontypridd Aberdare Caerphilly Pontypridd Portsmouth Portsmouth Preston (CHANCERY) Chorley Preston Reading Basingstoke Newbury Reading Slough Rhyl Holywell Rhyl Rochdale Rochdale Romford Brentwood Grays Thurrock Ilford Romford St. Helens St. Helens Salisbury Andover Salisbury Shaftesbury Scarborough Bridlington Scarborough Whitby Scunthorpe Scunthorpe Sheffield Sheffield Shrewsbury Market Drayton Shrewsbury Wellington Southampton Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea Southport Southport South Shields North Shields South Shields Stafford Stafford Stockport Hyde Stockport Stockton on Tees Stockton on Tees Stoke on Trent Stoke on Trent Sunderland Consett Gateshead Hexham Sunderland Swansea Swansea Swindon Swindon Taunton Taunton Torquay Newton Abbot Torquay Truro Bodmin Camborne and Redruth Penzance St. Austell Truro Tunbridge Wells East Grinstead Sevenoaks Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Wakefield Wakefield Walsall Lichfield Tamworth Walsall Warrington Warrington West Bromwich West Bromwich Weymouth Weymouth Whitehaven Whitehaven Workington Wigan Leigh Wigan Winchester Winchester Wolverhampton Bridgnorth Wolverhampton Worcester Evesham Great Malvern Worcester Worthing Horsham Worthing Wrexham Mold Oswestry Wrexham Yeovil Axminster and Chard Yeovil York Malton York ## Schedule 2 COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION IN PROCEEDINGS PENDING IN CLOSED COURTS Column 1 Column 2 Bromsgrove Redditch Bullth Wells Brecknock Didcot Oxford East Retford Worksop Leek Stoke-on-Trent Louth Great Grimsby Thame Aylesbury Uttoxeter Burton-upon-Trent Whitchurch Shrewsbury Witney Oxford ## Schedule 3 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 NAME OF PLACE ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION COUNTY COURT DISTRICT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT IS ASSIGNED FOR ADMIRALTY PURPOSES FOR THOSE COURTS WITHOUT THAT JURISDICTION COURT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT IS ATTACHED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND WINDING-UP OF COMPANIES PURPOSES FOR THOSE COURTS EXCLUDED FROM THAT JURISDICTION COUNTY COURT DISTRICT TO WHICH THE DISTRICT IS ASSIGNED FOR RACE RELATIONS MATTERS FOR THOSE COURTS WITHOUT THAT JURISDICTION Aberdare Bankruptcy Cardiff Cardiff Aberystwyth (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Cardiff Accrington Divorce Preston Blackburn Manchester Aldershot Divorce Portsmouth Guildford Westminster Alfreton Birmingham Derby Nottingham Alnwick Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Altrincham Divorce Manchester Manchester Manchester Amersham Mayor's and City of London Court Aylesbury Westminster Ammanford Carmarthen Carmarthen Cardiff Andover Divorce Southampton Salisbury Southampton Ashby de la Zouch Birmingham Leicester Nottingham Ashford Dover Canterbury Canterbury Ashton-under-Lyne Bankruptcy Manchester Manchester Axminster Exeter Exeter Exeter Aylesbury Bankruptcy Mayor's and City of London Court Oxford Banbury Bankruptcy Mayor's and City of London Court Oxford Bangor (D.R.) Admiralty Wrexham Bargoed Cardiff Blackwood Cardiff Barnet Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Barnsley (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Barnstaple (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Exeter Barrow-in-Furness (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Carlisle Barry Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff Basingstoke Divorce Southampton Reading Southampton Bath (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Bristol Bristol Bedford (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Divorce Berwick upon Tweed Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Beverley Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull Leeds Birkenhead (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Liverpool Manchester Birmingham (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Bishop Auckland Divorce Stockton-on-Tees Durham Newcastle upon Tyne Bishop's Stortford Mayor's and City of London Court Hertford Cambridge Blackburn (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Preston Manchester Blackpool (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Blackwood (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Newport (Gwent) Cardiff Bletchley Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Northampton Oxford Bloomsbury Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Blyth Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Bodmin Divorce Truro Truro Plymouth Bolton (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Manchester Boston (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Nottingham Bournemouth (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Pools Southampton Bow Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Bradford (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Braintree Colchester and Clacton Chelmsford Westminster Brecon (D.R.) Cardiff Merthyr Tydfil Cardiff Brentford Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Brentwood Mayor's and City of London Court Southend Westminster Bridgend (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Cardiff Cardiff Bridgnorth Birmingham Shrewsbury Birmingham Bridgwater (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Bristol Bridlington Kingston upon Hull Scarborough Leeds Brighton (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Westminster Bristol (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Bromley Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Croydon Westminster Burnley (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Preston Manchester Burton-on-Trent Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Bury (D.R.) Divorce Manchester Bolton Manchester Bury St. Edmunds (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Ipswich Cambridge Buxton Manchester Stockport Nottingham Caernarfon (D.R.) Divorce Bangor Bangor Wrexham Caerphilly Cardiff Pontyprid Cardiff Camborne Divorce Truro Truro Plymouth Cambridge (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Ipswitch Race Relations Canterbury (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Thanet Cardiff (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Cardigan Carmarthen Carmarthen Cardiff Carlisle (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Whitehaven Carmarthen (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Cardiff Chatham (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Westminster Chelmsford (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Colchester and Clacton Westminster Cheltenham (D.R.) Bankruptcy Gloucester Bristol Chepstow Newport (Gwent) Newport (Gwent) Cardiff Chester (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Chesterfield (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Nottingham Chichester (D.R.) Divorce Brighton Brighton Southampton Chippenham Divorce Bristol Bath Bristol Chorley Divorce Preston Preston Manchester City of London Admiralty High Court Westminster Clerkenwell Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Colchester (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Westminster Consett Divorce Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Conwy Bangor Bangor Wrexham Corby King's Lynn Northampton Nottingham Coventry (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Crewe (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Chester Manchester Croydon (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Darlington (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Stockton-on-Tees Newcastle upon Tyne Dartford Mayor's and City of London Court Medway Westminster Derby (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Nottingham Dewsbury (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Dolgellau Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Wrexham Doncaster (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Dover (D.R.) Admiralty Canterbury Canterbury Dudley (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Durham (D.R.) Bankruptcy Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne Eastbourne (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Brighton Westminster East Grinstead Brighton Tunbridge Wells Westminster Edmonton Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Ellesmere Port Liverpool Birkenhead Manchester Epsom Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Croydon Westminster Evesham Birmingham Worcester Birmingham Exeter (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Folkestone Dover Canterbury Canterbury Gainsborough Great Grimsby Lincoln Nottingham Gateshead Divorce Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Gloucester (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Bristol Goole Kingston-upon-Hull Wakefield Leeds Grantham Boston Lincoln Nottingham Gravesend Mayor's and City of London Court Medway Westminster Grays Thurrock Mayor's and City of London Court Southend Westminster Great Malvern Birmingham Worcester Birmingham Great Yarmouth (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Cambridge Grimsby (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Nottingham Guildford (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Halifax (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Harlow Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Hertford Westminster Harrogate (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Hartlepool (D.R.) Admiralty Divorce Stockton-on-Tees Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hastings (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Brighton Westminster Haverfordwest (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Cardiff Haywards Heath Brighton Brighton Westminster Hemel Hempstead Mayor's and City of London Court St. Albans Westminster Hereford (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Hertford Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Hexham Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle-upon-Tyne High Wycombe Mayor's and City of London Court Aylesbury Westminster Hinckley Birmingham Leicester Nottingham Hitchin Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Luton Cambridge Holywell Chester Rhyl Wrexham Horsham Divorce Brighton Brighton Westminster Huddersfield (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Huntingdon Mayor's and City of London Court Peterborough Cambridge Hyde Manchester Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge Manchester Ilford Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Romford Westminster Ilkeston Birmingham Derby Nottingham Ipswich (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Cambridge Keighley (D.R.) Divorce Leeds Bradford Leeds Kendal (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston Carlisle Kettering Kings Lynn Northampton Birmingham Kidderminster Bankruptcy Birmingham Birmingham Kings Lynn (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Cambridge Kingston-upon-Hull (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Kingston-upon-Thames Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Lambeth Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Lampeter Carmarthen Carmarthen Cardiff Lancaster (D.R.) Bankruptcy Preston Manchester Divorce Launceston Truro Plymouth Plymouth Leeds (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Leicester (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Nottingham Leigh Divorce Manchester Wigan Manchester Leominster Bankruptcy Birmingham Birmingham Lewes Brighton Brighton Westminster Lichfield Birmingham Walsall Birmingham Lincoln (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Great Orunsby Nottingham Liverpool (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Llandrindod Wells Aberystwyth Newtown Wrexham Llanelli Divorce Swansea Swansea Cardiff Llangefni Bangor Bangor Wrexham Loughborough Birmingham Leicester Nottingham Lowestoft (D.R.) Admiralty Divorce Great Yarmouth Cambridge Ludlow Birmingham Leominster Birmingham Luton (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Macclesfield (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Manchester Maidstone (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Medway Westminster Maldon Colchester and Clacton Chelmsford Westminster Malton Kingston upon Hull York Leeds Manchester (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Mansfield (D.R.) Divorce Birmingham Nottingham Nottingham Margate (D.R.) Admiralty Divorce Canterbury Canterbury Market Drayton Birmingham Shrewsbury Birmingham Matlock Birmingham Derby Nottingham Melton Mowbray Boston Leicester Nottingham Merthyr Tydfil (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Cardiff Cardiff Middlesbrough (D.R.) Admiralty Divorce Bankruptcy Newcastle upon Tyne Mold Chester Chester Wrexham Monmouth Newport (Gwent) Newport (Gwent) Cardiff Morpeth Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Neath Bankruptcy Divorce Swansea Cardiff Nelson Divorce Preston Burnley Manchester Newark Boston Nottingham Nottingham Newbury Bankruptcy Mayor's and City of London Court Oxford Newcastle upon Tyne (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Newport (Gwent) (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Cardiff Newport (Isle of Wight) (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Southampion Newton Abbot Torquay Torquay Exeter Newtown (D.R.) Bankruptcy Aberystwyth Wrexham Northallerton Stockton-on-Tees Darlington Newcastle upon Tyne Northampton (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Oxford North Shields Divorce Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Northwich Chester Crewe Manchester Norwich (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Great Yarmouth Cambridge Nottingham (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Birmingham Nuneaton Birmingham Coventry Birmingham Oldham (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Manchester Oswestry Chester Wrexham Wrexham Otley Leeds Harrogate Leeds Oxford (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Mayor's and City of London Court Penrith Divorce Whitehaven Carlisle Carlisle Penzance Truro Truro Plymouth Peterborough (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Cambridge Plymouth (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Pontefract (D.R.) Divorce Leeds Wakefield Leeds Pontypool Newport (Gwent) Newport (Gwent) Cardiff Pontypridd (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Cardiff Cardiff Poole Admiralty Bournemouth Southampton Porthmadog Bankruptcy Bangor Wrexham Portsmouth (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Southampton Preston (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Rawtenstall Divorce Manchester Burnley Manchester Reading (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Oxford Redditch Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Redhill Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Croydon Westminster Rhyl (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Chester Wrexham Rochdale (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Manchester Romford (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Rotherham Divorce Leeds Sheffield Leeds Rugby Birmingham Coventry Birmingham Runcorn Divorce Liverpool Warrington Manchester St. Albans Bankruptcy Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster St. Austell Truro Truro Plymouth St. Helens (D.R.) Divorce Liverpool Liverpool Manchester Salford Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Manchester Salisbury (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Southampton Southampton Scarborough (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Kingston-upon-Hull Leeds Scunthorpe (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Great Grimsby Nottingham Sevenoaks Medway Tunbridge Wells Westminster Shaftesbury Exeter Salisbury Southampton Sheerness Medway Medway Canterbury Sheffield (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Shoreditch Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Shrewsbury (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Sittingbourne Medway Medway Canterbury Skegness Boston Boston Nottingham Skipton Divorce Leeds Bradford Leeds Sleaford Boston Boston Nottingham Slough Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Southampton (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relations Southend-on-Sea (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Westminster Southport (D.R.) Divorce Liverpool Liverpool Manchester South Shields (D.R.) Divorce Newcastle upon Tyne Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne Spalding Boston Peterborough Nottingham Stafford (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Staines Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Slough Westminster Stamford Boston Peterborough Nottingham Stockport (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Manchester Stockton-on-Tees (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Newcastle upon Tyne Stoke-on-Trent (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Stourbridge Bankruptcy Birmingham Birmingham Stratford upon Avon Birmingham Warwick Birmingham Stroud Gloucester Gloucester Bristol Sudbury Colchester and Clacton Colchester and Clacton Cambridge Sunderland (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Newcastle upon Tyne Swansea (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Cardiff Swindon (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Bristol Bristol Tamworth Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Taunton (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Bridgwater Bristol Thorne Leeds Doncaster Leeds Todmorden Leeds Halifax Leeds Tonbridge Medway Tunbridge Wells Westminster Torquay (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Exeter Trowbridge Divorce Bristol Bath Bristol Truro (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Plymouth Tunbridge Wells (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Medway Westminster Uxbridge Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court Slough Westminster Wakefield (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Leeds Leeds Walsall (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Wandsworth Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Warrington (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Liverpool Manchester Warwick Bankruptcy Birmingham Birmingham Watford Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court St. Albans Westminster Wellingborough Mayor's and City of London Court Northampton Birmingham Wellington Birmingham Shrewsbury Birmingham Welshpool Divorce Aberystwyth Newtown Birmingham West Bromwich (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham West Kensington Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Westminster Race Relations Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Weston Super Mare Bridgwater Bristol Bristol Weymouth (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Southampton Whitby Kingston upon Hull Scarborough Leeds Whitehaven (D.R.) Admiralty Bankruptcy Divorce Carlisle Wigan (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Manchester Manchester Willesden Divorce Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Winchester (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Southampton Southampton Wisbech King's Lyan King's Lynn Cambridge Wolverhampton (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Woolwich Mayor's and City of London Court High Court Westminster Worcester (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Birmingham Birmingham Workington Bankruptcy Divorce Whitehaven Carlisle Worksop Great Grimsby Sheffield Nottingham Worthing (D.R.) Divorce Brighton Brighton Westminster Wrexham (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Race Relation Chester Yeovil (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Exeter Bristol York (D.R.) Bankruptcy Divorce Kingston upon Hull Leeds ## 1 The name of the county court at Aldershot shall be the Aldershot and Farnham County Court. ## 2 The name of the county court at Ashton-under-Lyne shall be the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge County Court. ## 3 The name of the county court at Axminster shall be the Axminster and Chard County Court. ## 4 The name of the county court at Barrow-in-Furness shall be the Barrow-in-Furness and Ulverston County Court. ## 5 The name of the county court at Bletchley shall be the Bletchley and Leighton Buzzard County Court. ## 6 The name of the county court at Bloomsbury shall be the Bloomsbury and Marylebone County Court. ## 7 The name of the county court at Brecon shall be the Brecknock County Court. ## 8 The name of the county court at Camborne shall be the Camborne and Redruth County Court. ## 9 The name of the county court at Chatham shall be the Medway County Court. ## 10 The name of the county court for the City of London shall be the Mayor's and City of London Court. ## 11 The name of the county court at Colchester shall be the Colchester and Clacton County Court. ## 12 The name of the county court at Grimsby shall be the Great Grimsby County Court. ## 13 The name of the county court at Margate shall be the Thanet County Court. ## 14 The name of the county court at Neath shall be the Neath and Port Talbot County Court. ## 15 The name of the county court at Redhill shall be the Reigate County Court. ## 16 The name of the county court at West Kensington shall be the West London County Court. ## Schedule 5 Orders Revoked Reference The County Courts (Race Relations Jurisdiction) Order 1968 S.I. 1968/1978 The County Courts Districts Order 1970 S.I. 1970/16 The County Courts Districts (King's Lynn) Order 1970 S.I. 1970/191 The County Courts Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1970 S.I. 1970/904 The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous No. 2) Order 1970 S.I. 1970/2031 The County Courts (Race Relations Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/454 The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/656 The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/1081 The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/1152 The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/1983 The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/1983 The County Courts (Race Relations Jurisdiction) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1971 S.I. 1971/1985 The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1972 S.I. 1972/1941 The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) Order 1973 S.I. 1973/2045 The County Court Districts (Bridgend) (Revocation) Order 1975 S.I. 1975/33 The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1975 S.I. 1975/2119 The Country Courts Districts (North Shields) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/29 The County Court Districts (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/201 The County Court Districts (Thanet) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/281 The County Court Districts (Staines) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/604 The County Court Districts (Medway) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/605 The County Court Districts (Staines) (Amendment) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/797 The County Court Districts (Wales and Chester Circuit) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/850 The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/851 The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/852 The County Court Districts (Newton Abbot) Order 1976 S.I. 1976/890 The County Court Districts (South Eastern Circuit) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/149 The County Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/150 The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/151 The County Court Districts (Western Circuit) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/348 The County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/349 The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/350 The County Court Districts (Camborne and Redruth) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/1189 The County Court Districts (Southwark) Order 1977 S.I. 1977/1911 The County Court Districts (Devizes) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/397 The County Court Districts (Warminster) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/817 The Divorce County Courts Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1759 The County Court Districts (Frome) Order 1980 S.I. 1980/694 The Divorce County Courts (Amendment) Order 1980 S.I. 1980/790 The County Court Districts (Romford) Order 1980 S.I. 1980/1215 The District Registries Order 1980 S.I. 1980/1216 The Divorce County Courts (Amendment No. 2) Order 1980 S.I. 1980/1217 The County Court Districts (Ellesmere Port and Birkenhead) Order 1980 S.I. 1980/1918 The County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/1624 The District Registries (Amendment) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/1625 The County Court Districts (Western Circuit) Order 1982 S.I. 1982/328 The District Registries (Amendment) Order 1982 S.I. 1982/1367 The Divorce County Courts (Amendment) Order 1982 S.I. 1982/1769 The Divorce County Courts (Amendment) Order 1983 S.I. 1983/659 ## Explanatory note This Order consolidates the District Registries Order 1980, as amended; the County Court Districts Order 1970, as amended; The Divorce County Courts Order 1978, as amended; the County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Order 1971, as amended; the County Courts (Bankruptcy and Companies Winding-up Jurisdiction) Order 1971, as amended; and the County Courts (Race Relations Juridication) Order 1968 as amended. This Order also transfers the district registry of the High Court at Builth to Brecon on the closure of the county court and office at Builth. This Order also closes the county courts at Bromsgrove, Builth, Didcot, Leek, Louth, East Retford, Thame, Uttoxeter, Whitchurch and Witney. This Order confers Admiralty jurisdiction on the Birmingham and Leeds County Courts and assigns the district of every county court which does not have Admiralty jurisdiction to a court which does, including those not previously assigned. This Order also transfers the assignment of the district of the Todmorden County Court from the Manchester County Court to the Leeds County Court for Race Relations purposes. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/713 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-courts-order-1983 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.