Thanet Registration District

THANET REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837 (sometimes Isle of Thanet in early listings).
Sub-districts : Broadstairs, Margate, Minster, Ramsgate, Sandwich.
GRO volumes : V (1837–51), 2a (1852–1946), 5B (1946–65), 5F (1965–74).
Registers now held by : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Thanet Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Acol	Kent	1837	1974
Ash	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Aylesham	Kent	1951	1952	Created 1.4.1951 out of the parish of Nonington. See also Table 2, note (b).
Birchington	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Margate and Acol.
Broadstairs & St. Peters	Kent	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of St. Peter, Ramsgate, and Garlinge.
Eastry	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Eythorne	Kent	1941	1952	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Garlinge	Kent	1894	1935	Created 1894 out of the parish of St. John Rural. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Margate, Ramsgate, and Broadstairs & St. Peters.
Goodnestone	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Margate	Kent	1935	1974	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of St. John the Baptist, Westgate on Sea, Birchington, Garlinge, Acol, Minster, and St. Peter.
Minster	Kent	1837	1974
Monkton	Kent	1837	1974
Nonington	Kent	1941	1952	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Northbourne	Kent	1941	1952	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Northdown	Kent	1894	1913	Created 1894 out of the parish of St. John Rural. Abolished 9.11.1913 and incorporated into the parishes of St. John the Baptist and Garlinge.
Preston	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Ramsgate	Kent	1837	1974
Ripple	Kent	1941	1952	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Sandwich	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Sarre	Kent	1837	1974
Sholden	Kent	1941	1952	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
St. John Rural	Kent	1894	1894	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. John the Baptist. Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Westgate on Sea, Garlinge, and Northdown.
St. John the Baptist	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Margate.
St. Lawrence	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of St. Lawrence Intra and St. Lawrence Extra.
St. Lawrence Extra	Kent	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Lawrence. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Ramsgate.
St. Lawrence Intra	Kent	1894	1922	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of St. Lawrence in Ramsgate Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.10.1922 and incorporated into the parish of Ramsgate.
St. Nicholas at Wade	Kent	1837	1974
St. Peter	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided into the separate parishes of St. Peter Intra and St. Peter Extra.
St. Peter	Kent	1914	1935	Created 1.4.1914 from the parishes of St. Peter Intra and St. Peter Extra. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of Broadstairs & St. Peters, Ramsgate, and Margate.
St. Peter Extra	Kent	1894	1914	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Peter. Abolished 1.4.1914 and incorporated into the parishes of St. Peter and Garlinge.
St. Peter Intra	Kent	1894	1914	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of St. Peter in Broadstairs Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1914 and incorporated into the parish of St. Peter.
Staple	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Stonar	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Sandwich.
Stourmouth	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Sutton	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Tilmanstone	Kent	1941	1952	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Westgate on Sea	Kent	1894	1935	Created 1894 out of the parishes of St. John Rural, Minster, and Acol. Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parish of Margate.
Wingham	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Woodnesborough	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Worth	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (a).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Thanet Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1941	(a)	Gained the parishes of Ash, Eastry, Eythorne, Goodnestone, Nonington, Northbourne, Preston, Ripple, Sandwich, Sholden, Staple, Stourmouth, Sutton, Tilmanstone, Wingham, Woodnesborough, and Worth, from Eastry registration district.	21086 in 1931
1.10.1952	(b)	Lost the parishes of Aylesham, Eythorne, Nonington, Northbourne, Ripple, Sholden, Sutton, and Tilmanstone, to Dover registration district.

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