East Preston Registration District

EAST PRESTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Sussex.
Created : 1.1.1870 (out of Worthing registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.1935 (incorporated into Worthing and Chichester registration districts).
Sub-districts : Arundel, Littlehampton, Worthing
GRO volumes : 2b (1870–1935).
Registers now held by : West Sussex.

Table 1: List of Places in East Preston Registration District

All the Sussex parishes in East Preston registration district became part of the new county of West Sussex on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Angmering	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Angmering	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Arundel	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Arundel	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Broadwater	Sussex	1870	1889	Abolished 9.11.1902 and incorporated into the parishes of Worthing, Durrington, and Sompting. See also Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (d).
Broadwater	West Sussex	1889	1902
Burpham	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Burpham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Clapham	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Clapham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Climping	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Climping	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Durrington	Sussex	1870	1889	Abolished 1.4.1929 and incorporated into the parish of Worthing. See also Table 2, note (a).
Durrington	West Sussex	1889	1929
East Preston	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
East Preston	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Ferning	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Ferning	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Ford	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Ford	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Goring by Sea	Sussex	1870	1889	Abolished 1.4.1929 and incorporated into the parish of Worthing. See also Table 2, note (a).
Goring by Sea	West Sussex	1889	1929
Heene	Sussex	1870	1889	Abolished 9.11.1902 and incorporated into the parish of Worthing. See also Table 2, note (a).
Heene	West Sussex	1889	1902
Houghton	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (e).
Houghton	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (e).
Kingston	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Kingston	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Littlehampton	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Littlehampton	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Lyminster	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Lyminster	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Patching	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Patching	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Poling	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Poling	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Rustington	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Rustington	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
South Stoke	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
South Stoke	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Tortington	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Tortington	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Warningcamp	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Warningcamp	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
West Tarring	Sussex	1870	1889	Abolished 9.11.1902 and incorporated into the parishes of Worthing, Durrington, and Goring by Sea. See also Table 2, note (a).
West Tarring	West Sussex	1889	1902
Wick	West Sussex	1901	1935	Created 1.4.1901 out of the parish of Lyminster. See also Table 2, note (f).
Worthing	West Sussex	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Broadwater in Worthing Municipal Borough). See also Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting East Preston Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1870 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Angmering, Arundel, Broadwater, Burpham, Clapham, Climping, Durrington, East Preston, Ferring, Ford, Goring by Sea, Heene, Houghton, Kingston, Littlehampton, Lyminster, Patching, Poling, Rustington, South Stoke, Tortington, Warningcamp, and West Tarring, from Worthing registration district.
20.12.1877	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Broadwater (which became part of the parish of Nuthurst on 20.12.1877) to Horsham registration district.	24 in 1881
24.3.1883	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Houghton (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Bury) from Petworth registration district.	0 in 1891
1.1.1904	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Broadwater (which became part of the parish of Sompting on 9.11.1902) to Steyning registration district.	8 in 1901
1.4.1935 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the parishes of Climping, Ford, and Tortington, to Chichester registration district.	836 in 1931
1.4.1935 (abolished)	(f)	Lost the parishes of Angmering, Arundel, Burpham, Clapham, East Preston, Ferring, Houghton, Kingston, Littlehampton, Lyminster, Patching, Poling, Rustington, South Stoke, Warningcamp, Wick, and Worthing, to Worthing registration district.	66543 in 1931

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