Cuckfield Registration District

CUCKFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Sussex.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Cuckfield, Lindfield, Hurstpierpoint, Worth
GRO volumes : VII (1837–51), 2b (1852–1946), 5H (1946–74).
Registers now held by : West Sussex.

Table 1: List of Places in Cuckfield Registration District

All the Sussex parishes in Cuckfield registration district became parts of the new counties of East Sussex or West Sussex on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Albourne	Sussex	1837	1889
Albourne	West Sussex	1889	1974
Ardingley	Sussex	1837	1889
Ardingley	East Sussex	1889	1974
Balcombe	Sussex	1837	1889
Balcombe	East Sussex	1889	1974
Bolney	Sussex	1837	1889
Bolney	East Sussex	1889	1974
Burgess Hill	East Sussex	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of Keymer Urban, Clayton Urban, Ditchling, Wivelsfield, and Clayton. See also Table 2, note (c).
Clayton	Sussex	1837	1889
Clayton	East Sussex	1889	1974
Clayton Urban	East Sussex	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Clayton in Burgess Hill Urban DIstrict. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporaetd into the parish of Burgess Hill.
Cowfold	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (a).
Cowfold	West Sussex	1889	1897	See Table 2, note (a).
Cuckfield	Sussex	1837	1889
Cuckfield	East Sussex	1889	1974
Cuckfield Rural	East Sussex	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Cuckfield.
Fulking	East Sussex	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Haywards Heath	East Sussex	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Cuckfield. See also Table 2, note (d).
Horsted Keynes	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (b).
Horsted Keynes	East Sussex	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (b).
Hurstpierpoint	Sussex	1837	1889
Hurstpierpoint	East Sussex	1889	1974
Keymer	Sussex	1837	1889
Keymer	East Sussex	1889	1974
Keymer Urban	East Sussex	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Keymer in Burgess Hill Urban DIstrict. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporaetd into the parish of Burgess Hill.
Lindfield	Sussex	1837	1889
Lindfield	East Sussex	1889	1974
Lindfield Rural	East Sussex	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parish of Lindfield.
Newtimber	Sussex	1837	1889
Newtimber	East Sussex	1889	1974
Poynings	East Sussex	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Pyecombe	Sussex	1837	1889
Pyecombe	East Sussex	1889	1974
Slaugham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (g).
Slaugham	East Sussex	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Twineham	Sussex	1837	1889
Twineham	East Sussex	1889	1974
West Hoathly	East Sussex	1935	1974	See Table 2, note (e).
Worth	East Sussex	1935	1974	See Table 2, notes (e) and (g).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Cuckfield Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1897	(a)	Lost the parish of Cowfold to Horsham registration district.	945 in 1891
1.4.1898	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Horsted Keynes (which became part of the parish of Danehill on 1.4.1898) to Uckfield registration district.	140 in 1891
1.4.1935	(c)	Gained parts of the parish of Burgess Hill (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Ditchling and Wivelsfield) from Lewes registration district.	295 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Haywards Heath (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Wivelsfield) from Lewes registration district.	1862 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parishes of West Hoathley and Worth from East Grinstead registration district.	6717 in 1931
	(f)	Gained the parishes of Fulking and Poynings from Steyning registration district.	482 in 1931
1.4.1953	(g)	Lost parts of the parishes of Slaugham and Worth (which became parts of the parish of Crawley on 1.4.1953) to Horsham registration district.

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