Croydon Registration District

CROYDON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Surrey (1837–1965), Greater London (from 1965).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Mayday, Mitcham, North Croydon, Penge, South Croydon, West Croydon
GRO volumes : IV (1837–51), 2a (1852–1946), 5G (1946–65), 5A (1965–74), 11 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Croydon, Bromley, Surrey (Leatherhead), Merton and Sutton.

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

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Addington	Surrey	1837	1928	Abolished 1.4.1928 to become part of the parish of Croydon.
Beddington	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (g) and (m).
Coulsdon	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (h), (m) and (o).
Croydon	Surrey	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Croydon. See also Table 2, notes (i), (q) and (r).
Merton	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (m).
Mitcham	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (c), (d), (e), (m) and (n).
Morden	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Penge	Surrey	1837	1899	See Table 2, note (f).
Penge	Kent	1899	1934	See Table 2, note (f).
Sanderstead	Surrey	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (i), (m) and (p).
Wallington	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (k) and (m).
Woodmansterne	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (l) and (m).

Table 1B: List of Places in Croydon Registration District (from 1965)

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

London borough	County	From	To	Comments
Croydon	Greater London	1965		Created 1.4.1965 from the parishes of Croydon, Coulsdon, Sanderstead, and Farleigh. Se also Table 2, notes (s) to (w).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Croydon Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.11.1898	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Merton (which became part of the parish of Wimbledon on 1.10.1898) to Kingston registration district.	16 in 1891
1.11.1898	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Merton (which until 1.10.1898 formed part of the parish of Wimbledon) from Kingston registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1901	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Mitcham (which became part of the parish of Tooting Graveney on 1.4.1901) to Wandsworth registration district.	0 in 1901
1.6.1904	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Mitcham (which became part of the parish of Wandsworth Borough on 1.4.1904) to Wandsworth registration district.	69 in 1901
1.6.1904	(e)	Gained part of the parish of MItcham (which until 1.4.1904 formed part of the parish of Tooting Graveney) from Wandsworth registration district.	181 in 1901
1.4.1934	(f)	Lost the parish of Penge to Bromley registration district.	27771 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Beddington (which became part of the parish of Carshalton on 1.4.1933) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	0 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Coulsdon (which became part of the parish of Carshalton on 1.4.1933) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	0 in 1931
	(i)	Lost parts of the parish of Croydon (which became parts of the parish of Coulsdon and Sanderstead on 1.4.1933) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	8 in 1931
	(j)	Lost parts of the parish of Morden (which became parts of the parishes of Carshalton, Cheam, and Sutton, on 1.4.1933) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	0 in 1931
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Wallington (which became part of the parish of Carshalton on 1.4.1933) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	62 in 1931
	(l)	Lost part of the parish of Woodmansterne (which became part of the parish of Carshalton on 1.4.1933) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	133 in 1931
	(m)	Lost the parishes of Beddington, Coulsdon, Merton, MItcham, Morden, Sanderstead, Wallington, and Woodmansterne, to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	163057 in 1931
	(n)	Lost part of the parish of Mitcham (which became part of the parish of Wimbledon on 1.4.1933) to Surrey North Eastern registration district.	0 in 1931
	(o)	Lost parts of the parish of Coulsdon (which became parts of the parishes of Chaldon and Warlingham on 1.4.1933) to Surrey South Eastern registration district.	0 in 1931
	(p)	Lost part of the parish of Sanderstead (which became part of the parish of Warlingham on 1.4.1933) to Surrey South Eastern registration district.	16 in 1931
1.4.1936	(q)	Lost parts of the parish of Croydon (which became parts of the parishes of Mitcham and Sanderstead on 1.4.1936) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.
1.4.1936	(r)	Gained parts of the parish of Croydon (which until 1.4.1936 formed parts of the parishes of Farleigh, Mitcham, and Sanderstead) from Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.
1.4.1965	(s)	Gained part of the London borough of Croydon (which until 1.4.1965 formed the parishes of Coulsdon, Farleigh, and Sanderstead) from Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	74926 in 1961
1.4.1969	(t)	Lost part of the London borough of Croydon (which became part of the parish of Banstead on 1.4.1969) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.
1.4.1969	(u)	Lost part of the London borough of Croydon (which became part of the parish of Chelsham & Farleigh on 1.4.1969) to Surrey South Eastern registration district.
1.4.1994	(v)	Gained part of the London borough of Croydon (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the London borough of Bromley) from Bromley registration district.
1.4.1994	(w)	Lost part of the London borough of Croydon (which became part of the London borough of Bromley on 1.4.1994) to Bromley registration district.

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