Faversham Registration District

FAVERSHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1941 (incorporated into Sittingbourne, Bridge, and Ashford registration districts).
Sub-districts : Boughton, Faversham, Teynham.
GRO volumes : V (1837–51), 2a (1852–1941).
Registers now held by : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Faversham Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Badlesmere	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Boughton under Blean	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Buckland	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Davington	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Faversham, Oare, and Luddenham.
Doddington	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Dunkirk	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (c) and (f).
Eastling	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Faversham	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the parishes of Faversham Within and Faversham Without.
Faversham	Kent	1935	1941	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Faversham Within, North Preston Without, Preston Within, Faversham Without, Ospringe, South Preston Without, Davington, and Luddenham. See also Table 2, note (f).
Faversham Within	Kent	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Faversham in Faversham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Faversham.
Faversham Without	Kent	1894	1941	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Faversham. See also Table 2, note (f).
Goodnestone	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Graveney	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (d) and (f).
Hernhill	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (e) and (f).
Leaveland	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Luddenham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Lynsted	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Newnham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
North Preston Without	Kent	1897	1935	Created 1.4.1897 out of the parish of Preston Without. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Faversham.
Norton	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Oare	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Ospringe	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Preston next Faversham	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of Preston Within and Preston Without.
Preston Within	Kent	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Preston next Faversham in Faversham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Faversham.
Preston Without	Kent	1894	1897	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Preston next Faversham. Abolished 1.4.1897 and divided into the separate parishes of North Preston Without and South Preston Without.
Selling	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Sheldwich	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
South Preston Without	Kent	1897	1935	Created 1.4.1897 out of the parish of Preston Without. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Faversham, Sheldwich, and Ospringe.
Stalisfield	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Stone	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Teynham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).
Throwley	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Faversham Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1941 (abolished)	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Stalisfield (which became part of the parish of Charing 1.4.1935) to Ashford registration district.	63 in 1931
	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Selling (which became part of the parish of Chilham 1.4.1935) to Ashford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(c)	Lost parts of the parish of Dunkirk (which became parts of the parishes of Harbledown, St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean, and Whitstable, on 1.4.1934) to Bridge registration district.	836 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Graveney (which became part of the parish of Whitstable on 1.4.1934) to Bridge registration district.	13 in 1931
	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Hernhill (which became part of the parish of Whitstable on 1.4.1934) to Bridge registration district.	71 in 1931
	(f)	Lost 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, to Sittingbourne registration district.	23288 in 1931

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