Circuits
Originally, the court was divided into six circuits as follows:
| Circuit | Area |
|---|---|
| North Eastern | Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire |
| Northern | Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and part of Cheshire |
| Midland | Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, part of Buckinghamshire, most of Oxfordshire, part of Berkshire |
| South Eastern | Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, most of Buckinghamshire, part of Oxfordshire, most of Berkshire, Greater London, Surrey, Sussex, Kent |
| Wales and Chester | Wales and most of Cheshire |
| Western | Gloucestershire, part of Berkshire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall |
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