West Ashford Registration District

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WEST ASHFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Ashford West").
Abolished : 1.4.1941 (to become part of Ashford and Sittingbourne registration districts).
Sub-districts : Ashford, Calehill.
GRO volumes : V (1837–51), 2a (1852–1941).
Registers currently held at : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in West Ashford Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ashford	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Bethersden	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Charing	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Egerton	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Great Chart	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Hothfield	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Kingsnorth	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Little Chart	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Pluckley	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Shadoxhurst	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Smarden	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).
Westwell	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting West Ashford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
24.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Shadoxhurst (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Warehorne) from East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1881
1.4.1941 (abolished)	(b)	Lost the parishes of Ashford, Bethersden, Charing, Egerton, Great Chart, Hothfield, Kingsnorth, Little Chart, Pluckley, Shadoxhurst, Smarden, and Westwell, to Ashford registration district.	23504 in 1931
1.4.1941 (abolished)	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Charing (which became part of the parish of Stalisfield on 1.4.1935) to Sittingbourne registration district.	8 in 1931

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