Kensington Registration District

KENSINGTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : London (1837–1965); Greater London (1965–81).
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Kensington & Chelsea" or "Paddington & Kensington").
Abolished : 1.7.1981 (added to Kensington & Chelsea registration district).
Sub-districts : Brompton; Chelsea; Fulham; Hammersmith St. Paul; Hammersmith St. Peter; Kensington Central; Kensington North; Kensington South; Kensington Town; Paddington St. John; Paddington St. Mary; St. Mary Abbotts
GRO volumes : III (1837–51); 1a (1852–1946); 5C (1946–74); 13 (1974–81).
District number : 1a (1841–46); 1 (1847–84); 1b (1885–1908); 2 (1909–46); 233 (1946–65); 239 (1965–81).

Table 1A: List of Places in Kensington Registration District (1837–1965)

All the areas in Kensington registration district became part of the county of London on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Chelsea	Middlesex	1837	1841	See Table 2, note (a).
Fulham	Middlesex	1837	1875	See Table 2, note (b).
Hammersmith	Middlesex	1837	1875	See Table 2, note (b).
Kensington	Middlesex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to the London borough of Kensington & Chelsea. See also Table 2, notes (e) to (l).
Kensington	London	1889	1965
Paddington	Middlesex	1837	1884	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).

Table 1B: List of Places in Kensington Registration District (1965–81)

All the areas in Kensington registration district became part of the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965.

Civil Parish (* or Unparished area)	County	From	To	Comments
Kensington & Chelsea*	Greater London	1965	1981	That part of the London borough and unparished area which until 1.4.1965 formed the parish of Kensington. See also Table 2, note (m).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Kensington Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
7.7.1841	(a)	Lost the parish of Chelsea to create Chelsea registration district.	40179 in 1841
1.4.1875	(b)	Lost the parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith to create Fulham registration district.	66041 in 1841
14.6.1883	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Paddington (which was added to the parish of Willesden on 14.6.1883) to Hendon registration district.	160 in 1881
1.1.1885	(d)	Lost the parish of Paddington to create Paddington registration district.	107218 in 1881
1.4.1901	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Kensington (which was added to the parish of Chelsea on 1.4.1901) to Chelsea registration district.	111 in 1901
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Kensington (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Chelsea) from Chelsea registration district.	4113 in 1901
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Kensington (which was added to the parish of Hammersmith on 1.4.1901) to Fulham registration district.	1356 in 1901
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Kensington (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Hammersmith) from Fulham registration district.	1010 in 1901
	(i)	Lost part of the parish of Kensington (which was added to the parish of Paddington on 1.4.1901) to Paddington registration district.	918 in 1901
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Kensington (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Paddington) from Paddington registration district.	1469 in 1901
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Kensington (which was added to the parish of St. Margaret & St. John Westminster on 1.4.1901) to St. George Hanover Square registration district.	1240 in 1901
	(l)	Gained part of the parish of Kensington (which until 1.4.1901 formed a detached part of the parish of St. Margaret & St. John Westminster) from St. George Hanover Square registration district.	538 in 1901
1.7.1981 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the part of the London borough of Kensington & Chelsea to Kensington & Chelsea registration district.	n/a

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