Dorking Registration District

DORKING REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Surrey.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1934 (incorporated into Surrey South Eastern and Surrey South Western, and Surrey Mid Eastern registration districts).
Sub-districts : Capel, Dorking
GRO volumes : IV (1837–51), 2a (1852–1934).
Registers now held by : Surrey (Leatherhead) and Surrey (Guildford).

Table 1: List of Places in Dorking Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Abinger	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (e).
Capel	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (d).
Dorking	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (d).
Dorking Rural	Surrey	1894	1933	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Dorking. Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Milton, Holmwood, and Wotton.
Effingham	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (f).
Holmwood	Surrey	1933	1934	Created 1.4.1933 out of the parish of Doking Rural. See also Table 2, note (d).
Mickleham	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Milton	Surrey	1933	1934	Created 1.4.1933 out of the parish of Doking Rural. See also Table 2, note (d).
Newdigate	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Ockley	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (d).
Wotton	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dorking Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1883	(a)	Gained a part of the parish of Abinger (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Ockham, including Ockham Glebe Farm) from Guildford registration district.	7 in 1891
1.6.1895	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Newdigate (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Charlwood) from Reigate registration district.	6 in 1891
1.4.1934 (abolished)	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Mickleham (which became part of the parish of Fetcham on 1.4.1933) to Surrey Mid Eastern registration district.	0 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the parishes of Abinger, Capel, Dorking, Holmwood, Mickleham, Milton, Newdigate, Ockley, and Wotton, to Surrey South Eastern registration district.	20272 in 1931
	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Abinger (which became part of the parish of Ewhurst on 1.4.1933) to Surrey South Western registration district.	5 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parish of Effingham to Surrey South Western registration district.	1144 in 1931

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