Battle Registration District

BATTLE REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Sussex (1837-1974), East Sussex (1974-77).
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1977 (to become part of Hastings & Rother registration district).
Sub-districts : Battle, Bexhill, Ewhurst.
GRO volumes : VII (1837-51), 2b (1852-1946), 5H (1946-74), 18 (1974-77).
Registers currently held at : East Sussex.

Table 1: List of Places in Battle Registration District

All the areas in Battle registration district became part of the county of East Sussex on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Ashburnham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Ashburnham	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, notes (b) and (m).
Battle	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (m).
Battle	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, note (m).
Beckley	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Bexhill	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (e).
Bexhill	East Sussex	1889	1974
Bexhill	East Sussex	1974	1977	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Bexhill. See also Table 2, note (m).
Bodiam	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (k) and (m).
Brede	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Brightling	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (m).
Brightling	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, note (m).
Broomhill	East Sussex	1935	1956	Abolished 1.4.1956 to become part of the parish of Camber. See also Table 2, note (j).
Burwash	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (k) and (m).
Camber	East Sussex	1956	1977	Created 1.4.1956 from the parishes of Broomhill and Winchelsea St. Thomas the Apostle. See also Table 2, note (m).
Catsfield	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Catsfield	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, notes (c) and (m).
Crowhurst	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (m).
Crowhurst	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, note (m).
Dallington	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (d) and (m).
Dallington	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, notes (d) and (m).
East Guldeford	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Etchingham	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (k) and (m).
Ewhurst	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (m).
Ewhurst	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, note (m).
Fairlight	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (i), (l) and (m).
Guestling	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (i), (l) and (m).
Hollington	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 9.11.1897 to become parts of the parishes of Hollington St. John, and Hollington Rural.
Hollington	East Sussex	1889	1897
Hollington St. John	East Sussex	1897	1925	Created 9.11.1897 out of the parishes of Hollington and St. Matthew. Abolished 1.4.1925 to become part of the parish of Hastings. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Hollington Rural	East Sussex	1897	1937	Created 9.11.1897 out of the rural parts of the parishes of Hollington and St. Matthew. Abolished 1.4.1938 to become parts of the parishes of Hastings, Crowhurst, and Westfield. See also Table 2, notes (f) and (l).
Hurst Green	East Sussex	1952	1977	Created 1.4.1952 out of the parishes of Salehurst, Etchingham, and Ticehurst. See also Table 2, note (m).
Icklesham	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Iden	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Mountfield	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (m).
Mountfield	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, notes (a) and (m).
Northiam	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Ore	East Sussex	1935	1958	Abolished 1.4.1958 to become parts of the parishes of Wivelsfield and Guestling. See also Table 2, notes (i) and (l).
Peasmarsh	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Penhurst	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (m).
Penhurst	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, note (m).
Pett	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (i) and (m).
Playden	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Rye	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Rye Foreign	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Salehurst	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (k) and (m).
Sedlescombe	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (m).
Sedlescombe	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, note (m).
Ticehurst	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (k) and (m).
Udimore	East Sussex	1935	1977	See Table 2, notes (j) and (m).
Westfield	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (m).
Westfield	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, note (m).
Whatlington	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (m).
Whatlington	East Sussex	1889	1977	See Table 2, note (m).
Winchelsea St. Thomas the Apostle	East Sussex	1935	1956	Abolished 1.4.1956 to become part of the parish of Camber. See also Table 2, note (j).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Battle Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1886	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Mountfield (which until 25.3.1888 formed a detached part of the parish of Etchingham) from Ticehurst registration district.	0 in 1881
24.3.1887	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Ashburnham (which became part of the parish of Ninfield on 24.3.1887) to Hailsham registration district.	152 in 1881
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Catsfield (which until 24.3.1887 formed a detached part of the parish of Ninfield) from Hailsham registration district.	0 in 1881
	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Dallington, including Hodgkins (which became part of the parish of Warbleton on 24.3.1887) to Hailsham registration district.	2 in 1881
1.6.1895	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Bexhill (which became part of the parish of St. Mary Bulverhythe in 1894) to Hastings registration district.	0 in 1891
1.12.1897	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Hollington Rural (which untul 9.11.1897 formed part of the parish of St. Matthew) from Hastings registration district.	42 in 1891
1.12.1897	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Hollington St. John (which untul 9.11.1897 formed part of the parish of St. Matthew) from Hastings registration district.	21 in 1891
1.4.1925	(h)	Lost the parish of Hollington St. John (which became part of the parish of Hastings on 1.4.1925) to Hastings registration district.	1782 in 1921
1.4.1935	(i)	Gained the parishes of Fairlight, Guestling, Ore, and Pett, from Hastings registration district.	2488 in 1931
	(j)	Gained the parishes of Beckley, Brede, Broomhill, East Guldeford, Icklesham, Iden, Northiam, Peasmarsh, Playden, Rye, Rye Foreign, Udimore, and Winchelsea St. Thomas the Apostle, from Rye registration district.	11231 in 1931
	(k)	Gained the parishes of Bodiam, Burwash, Etchingham, Salehurst, and Ticehurst, from Ticehurst registration district.	7864 in 1931
1.4.1938	(l)	Lost parts of the parishes of Fairlight, Guestling, Hollington Rural, and Ore (which became parts of the parish of Hastings on 1.4.1938) to Hastings registration district.
1.4.1977 (abolished)	(m)	Lost the constituent parishes of Ashburnham, Battle, Beckley, Bodiam, Brede, Brightling, Burwash, Camber, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Dallington, East Guldeford, Etchingham, Ewhurst, Fairlight, Guestling, Hurst Green, Icklesham, Iden, Mountfield, Northiam, Peasmarsh, Penhurst, Pett, Playden, Rye, Rye Foreign, Salehurst, Sedlescombe, Ticehurst, Udimore, Westfield, and Whatlington, and the unparished area of Bexhill, to Hastings & Rother registration district.	69855 in 1971

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