Dorking Registration District

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DORKING REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Surrey.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1934 (divided between Surrey South-Eastern and Surrey South-Western and Surrey Mid-Eastern registration districts).
Sub-districts : Capel; Dorking
GRO volumes : IV (1837–51); 2a (1852–1934).
District number : 35c (1841–46); 43 (1847–69); 34 (1870–80); 35 (1881–1908); 36 (1909–34).

Table 1: List of Places in Dorking Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Abinger	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (e).
Capel	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (d).
Dorking	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (d).
Dorking Rural	Surrey	1894	1933	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Dorking. Abolished 1.4.1933 and divided between the parishes of Milton, Holmwood and Wotton.
Effingham	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (e).
Ewhurst	Surrey	1933	1934	That part which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Abinger. See also Table 2, note (e).
Fetcham	Surrey	1933	1934	That part which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Mickleham. See also Table 2, note (c).
Holmwood	Surrey	1933	1934	Created 1.4.1933 out of the parish of Doking Rural. See also Table 2, note (d).
Mickleham	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (c) and (d).
Milton	Surrey	1933	1934	Created 1.4.1933 out of the parish of Doking Rural. See also Table 2, note (d).
Newdigate	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, notes (b) and (d).
Ockley	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (d).
Wotton	Surrey	1837	1934	See Table 2, note (d).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dorking Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Abinger (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Ockham) from Guildford registration district.	7 in 1891
1.6.1895	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Newdigate (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Charlwood) from Reigate registration district.	6 in 1891
1.4.1934 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the part in the parish of Fetcham (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Mickleham) to Surrey Mid-Eastern registration district.	0 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the parishes of Abinger, Capel, Dorking, Holmwood, Mickleham, Milton, Newdigate, Ockley and Wotton, to Surrey South-Eastern registration district.	20272 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the part in the parish of Ewhurst (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Abinger) and the parish of Effingham, to Surrey South-Western registration district.	1149 in 1931

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