Sittingbourne Registration District

SITTINGBOURNE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.4.1941 (out of Milton, Faversham and West Ashford registration districts).
Abolished : 1.1.1980 (to become part of Swale registration district).
Sub-districts : Faversham, Faversham & Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne.
GRO volumes : 2a (1941–46), 5B (1946–65), 5F (1965–74), 16 (1974–79).
Registers currently held at : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Sittingbourne Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Badlesmere	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Bapchild	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Bobbing	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Borden	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Boughton under Blean	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Bredgar	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Buckland	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Doddington	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Dunkirk	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Eastling	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Faversham	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Faversham Without	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Goodnestone	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Graveney	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Hartlip	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Hernhill	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Iwade	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Kingsdown	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Leaveland	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Lower Halstow	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Luddenham	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Lynsted	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Milstead	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Newington	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Newnham	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Norton	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Oare	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Ospringe	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Rodmersham	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Selling	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Sheldwich	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Sittingbourne & Milton	Kent	1941	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (b).
Sittingbourne & Milton	Kent	1974	1979	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Sittingbourne & Milton. See also Table 2, note (d).
Stalisfield	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (d).
Stone	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Teynham	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Throwley	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Tonge	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Tunstall	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Upchurch	Kent	1941	1979	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Sittingbourne Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1941 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Badlesmere, Boughton under Blean, Buckland, Doddington, Dunkirk, Eastling, Faversham, Faversham Without, Goodnestone, Graveney, Hernhill, Leaveland, Luddenham, Lynsted, Newnham, Norton, Oare, Ospringe, Selling, Sheldwich, Stalisfield, Stone, Teynham, and Throwley, from Faversham registration district.	23288 in 1931
	(b)	Gained the parishes of Bapchild, Bobbing, Borden, Bredgar, Hartlip, Iwade, Kingsdown, Lower Halstow, Milsted, Newington, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne & Milton, Tonge, Tunstall, and Upchurch, from Milton registration district.	27261 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Stalisfield (which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Charing) from West Ashford registration district.	8 in 1931
1.1.1980 (abolished)	(d)	Lost the constituent parishes of Badlesmere, Bapchild, Bobbing, Borden, Boughton under Blean, Bredgar, Buckland, Doddington, Dunkirk, Eastling, Faversham, Faversham Without, Goodnestone, Graveney, Hartlip, Hernhill, Iwade, Kingsdown, Leaveland, Lower Halstow, Luddenham, Lynsted, Milstead, Newington, Newnham, Norton, Oare, Ospringe, Rodmersham, Selling, Sheldwich, Stalisfield, Stone, Teynham, Throwley, Tonge, Tunstall, and Upchurch, and the unparished area of Sittingbourne & Milton, to Swale registration district.

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