Folkestone Registration District

FOLKESTONE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created :1.4.1941 (out of Elham, Romney Marsh, East Ashford, Tenterden, and Dover registration districts).
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Shepway registration district).
Sub-districts : Folkestone, Hythe, Hythe & New Romney, New Romney.
GRO volumes : 2a (1941–46), 5B (1946–65), 5F (1965–74).
Registers currently held at : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Folkestone Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Acrise	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Brenzett	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (l) and (r).
Brookland	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (r).
Burmarsh	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (d), (l), (m) and (r).
Dymchurch	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (l) and (r).
Elham	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Elmsted	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Folkestone	Kent	1941	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (j) and (r).
Hawkinge	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Hythe	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (e), (j), (n) and (r).
Ivychurch	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (l), (o) and (r).
Lydd	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (l) and (r).
Lyminge	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Lympne	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (f), (j), (k) and (r).
Monks Horton	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
New Romney	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Newchurch	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (g), (l), (p) and (r).
Newington	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Old Romney	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Paddlesworth	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Postling	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
St. Mary in the Marsh	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (h), (l) and (r).
Saltwood	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Sellindge	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (i), (j) and (r).
Snargate	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (l), (q) and (r).
Stanford	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Stelling	Kent	1941	1968	Abolished 1.4.1968 to become part of the parish of Stelling Minnis. See also Table 2, notes (h), (j) and (r).
Stelling Minnis	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Stowting	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).
Swingfield	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, notes (j) and (r).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Folkestone Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1941 (created)	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Folkestone (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Capel le Ferme) from Dover registration district.	0 in 1931
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Brenzett (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Warehorne) from East Ashford registration district.	9 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Brookland (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Warehorne) from East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Burmarsh (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Aldington and Hurst) from East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Hythe (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Aldington) from East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Lympne (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Aldington) from East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Newchurch (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Bilsington) from East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(h)	Gained part of the parish of St. Mary in the Marsh (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Bilsington) from East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Sellindge (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Smeeth) from East Ashford registration district.	38 in 1931
	(j)	Gained the parishes of Acrise, Elham, Elmsted, Folkestone, Hawkinge, Hythe, Lyminge, Lympne, Monks Horton, Newington, Paddlesworth, Postling, Saltwood, Sellindge, Stanford, Stelling, Stelling Minnis, Stowting, and Swingfield, from Elham registration district.	63478 in 1931
	(k)	Gained part of the parish of Lympne (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of St. Leonard Hythe) from Elham registration district.	0 in 1931
	(l)	Gained the parishes of Brenzett, Brookland, Burmarsh, Dymchurch, Ivychurch, Lydd, Newchurch, New Romney, Old Romney, Snargate, and St. Mary in the Marsh, from Romney Marsh registration district.	7635 in 1931
	(m)	Gained part of the parish of Burmarsh (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of St. Leonard Hythe) from Romney Marsh registration district.	0 in 1931
	(n)	Gained part of the parish of Hythe (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Burmarsh) from Romney Marsh registration district.	16 in 1931
	(o)	Gained part of the parish of Ivychurch (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Appeldore) from Tenterden registration district.	0 in 1931
	(p)	Gained part of the parish of Newchurch (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Appeldore) from Tenterden registration district.	3 in 1931
	(q)	Gained parts of the parish of Snargate (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Appeldore, Kenardington, Stone cum Ebony, and Woochurch) from Tenterden registration district.	2 in 1931
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(r)	Lost the constituent parishes of Acrise, Brenzett, Brookland, Burmarsh, Dymchurch, Elham, Elmsted, Folkestone, Hawkinge, Hythe, Ivychurch, Lydd, Lyminge, Lympne, Monks Horton, New Romney, Newchurch, Newington, Old Romney, Paddlesworth, Postling, Saltwood, Sellindge, Snargate, St. Mary in the Marsh, Stanford, Stelling Minnis, Stowting, and Swingfield, and the unparished area of Folkestone, to Shepway registration district.	82966 in 1971

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