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Table 1A: List of Places in Canterbury Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

All Saints

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

Black Prince's Chantry

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

Canterbury

Kent

1897

1974

Created 26.3.1897 from the parishes of St. Mary Northgate, St. Mildred, St. Mary Bredin, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. George The Martyr, St. Alphage, St. Margaret, St. Augustine, St. Mary Magdalen, All Saints, St. Andrew, Holy Cross Westgate, St. Martin, St. Mary Bredman, Old Castle, St. John's Hospital, East. Bridge Hospital, White Friars and Black Prince's Charity. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Canterbury unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (f).

Christchurch

Kent

1910

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (b).

East Bridge Hospital

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

Holy Cross Westgate

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

Holy Cross Westgate Without

Kent

1910

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (c).

Old Castle

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Alphege

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Andrew

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Augustine

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Dunstan Within

Kent

1910

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (b).

St. George the Martyr

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Gregory the Great

Kent

1910

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (b).

St. John's Hospital

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Margaret

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Martin

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (a).

St. Mary Bredin

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (a).

St. Mary Bredman

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Mary Magdalen

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Mary Northgate

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, notes (a).

St. Mildred

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

St. Paul

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, notes (a).

St. Peter

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.

Staplegate

Kent

1910

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (b).

Thanington Within

Kent

1910

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (c).

The Archbishop's Palace Precincts

Kent

1910

1912

Abolished 1.4.1912 and added to the parish of Canterbury. See also Table 2, note (b).

White Friars

Kent

1837

1897

Abolished 26.3.1897 and added to the parish of Canterbury.


Table 1B: List of Places in Canterbury Registration District (1974–98)

Civil Parish
(*or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Adisham

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Barham

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Bekesbourne

Kent

1974

1987

Abolished 1.4.1987 and added to the Canterbury unparished area and the parishes of Adisham and Bekesbourne with Patrixbourne. See also Table 2, note (g).

Bekesbourne with Patrixbourne

Kent

1987

1998

Created 1.4.1987 out of the parishes of Bekesbourne, Bishopsbourne, Bridge, Littlebourne and Patrixbourne. See also Table 2, note (h).

Bishopsbourne

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Bridge

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Canterbury*

Kent

1974

1998

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Chartham

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Chestfield

Kent

1988

1998

Created 1.4.1988 out of the Canterbury unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h).

Chislet

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Fordwich

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Hackington

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Harbledown

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Herne & Broomfield

Kent

1995

1998

Created 1.4.1995 out of the Canterbury unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h).

Hoath

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Ickham & Well

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Kingston

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Littlebourne

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Lower Hardres

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Patrixbourne

Kent

1974

1987

Abolished 1.4.1987 and added to the Canterbury unparished area and the parishes of Bridge and Bekesbourne with Patrixbourne. See also Table 2, note (g).

Petham

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Sturry

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Thanington Without

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Upper Hardres

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Waltham

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Westbere

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Wickhambreaux

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Womenswold

Kent

1974

1998

See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Canterbury Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.6.1895

(a)

Gained parts of the parishes of St. Martin, St. Mary Bredin, St. Mary Northgate, St. Paul and St. Paul Bredin (which until 1894 formed parts of the parishes of Bekesbourne, Fordwich, Littlebourne, Nackington and Patrixbourne) from Blean registration district.

166 in 1891

1.6.1910

(b)

Gained the parishes of Christchurch, St. Dunstan Within, St. Gregory the Great, Staplegate and The Archbishop's Palace Precincts, from Blean registration district.

3682 in 1901

(c)

Gained the parishes of Holy Cross Westgate Without and Thanington Within from Bridge registration district.

1413 in 1901

1.4.1934

(d)

Gained parts of the parish of Canterbury (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Hackington and St. Dunstan Without) from Blean registration district.

546 in 1931

(e)

Gained parts of the parish of Canterbury (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Harbledown and Thanington Without) from Bridge registration district.

117 in 1931

1.4.1952

(f)

Gained parts of the parish of Canterbury (which until 1.4.1952 formed parts of the parishes of Hackington and Harbledown) from Bridge registration district.

22 in 1951

1.4.1974

(g)

Gained the remaining part of the Canterbury unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Herne Bay and Whitstable) and the parishes of Adisham, Barham, Bekesbourne, Bishopsbourne, Bridge, Chartham, Chislet, Fordwich, Hackington, Harbledown, Hoath, Ickham & Well, Kingston, Littlebourne, Lower Hardres, Patrixbourne, Petham, St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean, Sturry, Thanington Without, Upper Hardres, Waltham, Westbere, Wickhambreaux and Womenswold, from Bridge registration district.

75802 in 1971

1.4.1998 (abolished)

(h)

Lost the Canterbury unparished area and the parishes of Adisham, Barham, Bekesbourne with Patrixbourne, Bishopsbourne, Bridge, Chartham, Chestfield, Chislet, Fordwich, Hackington, Harbledown, Herne & Broomfield, Hoath, Ickham & Well, Kingston, Littlebourne, Lower Hardres, Patrixbourne, Petham, St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean, Sturry, Thanington Without, Upper Hardres, Waltham, Westbere, Wickhambreaux and Womenswold, to Canterbury with Swale registration district.

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