Dover Registration District

DOVER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1998 (to become part of Thanet with Dover registration district).
Sub-districts : Deal, Dover, Hougham, St. James, St. Mary, St. Margaret, St. Margarets at Cliffe.
GRO volumes : V (1837-51), 2a (1852-1946), 5B (1946-65), 5F (1965-74), 16 (1974-92).
Registers currently held at : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Dover Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Alkham	Kent	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (i).
Ash	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Aylesham	Kent	1952	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
Buckland	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 to become part of the parish of Dover.
Capel le Ferne	Kent	1837	1998	See Table 2, notes (f) and (i).
Charlton	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 to become part of the parish of Dover.
Coldred	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 to become part of the parish of Sheperdswell with Coldred.
Deal	Kent	1941	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (d).
Deal	Kent	1974	1998	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Deal. See also Table 2, note (i).
Denton	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 to become part of the parish of Denton with Wootton. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Denton with Wootton	Kent	1963	1998	Created 1.4.1963 from the parishes of Denton and Wootton. See also Table 2, note (i).
Dover	Kent	1896	1974	Created 26.3.1896 from the parishes of Hougham, St. Mary the Virgin, Charlton, St. James the Apostle, East Cliffe, Charlton, and Poulton Within. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area.
Dover	Kent	1974	1998	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and municipal borough of Dover. See also Table 2, note (i).
Dover Castle	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Dover.
East Cliffe	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 to become part of the parish of Dover.
East Langdon	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 to become part of the parish of Langdon.
Eastry	Kent	1941	1998	See Table 2, note (i).
Eythorne	Kent	1952	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
Goodnestone	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Guston	Kent	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (i).
Hougham	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 to become part of the parish of Dover.
Hougham Without	Kent	1894	1998	Created 30.9.1894 from the rural part of the parish of Hougham. See also Table 2, note (i).
Langdon	Kent	1963	1998	Created 1.4.1963 from the parishes of East Langdon and West Langdon. See also Table 2, note (i).
Lydden	Kent	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (i).
Nonington	Kent	1952	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
Northbourne	Kent	1952	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
Oxney	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of St. Margarets at Cliffe and East Langdon.
Poulton	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become parts of the parishes of Hougham Without and Dover.
Poulton Within	Kent	1894	1896	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Poulton in Dover Municipal Borough. Abolished 26.3.1896 to become part of the parish of Dover.
Preston	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Ringwould	Kent	1837	1976	Renamed 25.3.1976 to become the parish of Ringwould & Kingsdown.
Ringwould & Kingsdown	Kent	1976	1998	Created 25.3.1976 by renaming the parish of Ringwould. See also Table 2, note (i).
Ripple	Kent	1952	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
River	Kent	1837	1960	Abolished 1.4.1960 to become parts of the parishes of Whitfield and Temple Ewell with River.
St. James the Apostle	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 to become part of the parish of Dover.
St. Margarets at Cliffe	Kent	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (i).
St. Mary the Virgin	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 to become part of the parish of Dover.
Sandwich	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Shepherdswell with Coldred	Kent	1963	1998	Created 1.4.1963 out of the parishes of Coldred and Sibertswold. See also Table 2, note (i)
Sholden	Kent	1952	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
Sibertswold	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 to become part of the parish of Sheperdswell with Coldred.
Staple	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Stourmouth	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Sutton	Kent	1952	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
Temple Ewell	Kent	1837	1960	Abolished 1.4.1960 to become parts of the parishes of Temple Ewell with River, Lydden, and Whitfield.
Temple Ewell with River	Kent	1960	1998	Created 1.4.1960 out of the parishes of Temple Ewell, River, and Alkham. See also Table 2, note (i)
Tilmanstone	Kent	1952	1998	See Table 2, notes (g) and (i).
West Cliffe	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of St. Margarets at Cliffe and East Langdon.
West Langdon	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 to become part of the parish of Langdon.
Whitfield	Kent	1837	1998	See Table 2, note (i).
Wingham	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Woodnesborough	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).
Wootton	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 to become part of the parish of Denton with Wootton. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Worth	Kent	1974	1998	See Table 2, notes (h) and (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dover Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1941	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Denton (which became part of the parish of Barham on 1.4.1934) to Bridge registration district.	3 in 1931
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Denton (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Barham) from Bridge registration district.	42 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Wootton (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Barham) from Bridge registration district.	58 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parish of Deal from Eastry registration district.	19665 in 1931
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Wootton (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Swingfield) from Elham registration district.	0 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Capel le Ferme (which became part of the parish of Folkestone on 1.4.1934) to Folkestone registration district.	0 in 1931
1.10.1952	(g)	Gained the parishes of Aylesham, Eythorne, Nonington, Northbourne, Ripple, Sholden, Sutton, and Tilmanstone, from Thanet registration district.
1.4.1974	(h)	Gained the parishes of Ash, Goodnestone, Preston, Sandwich, Staple, Stourmouth, Wingham, Woodnesborough, and Worth, from Thanet registration district.	11915 in 1971
1.4.1998 (abolished)	(i)	Lost the constituent parishes of Alkham, Ash, Aylesham, Capel le Ferne, Denton with Wootton, Eastry, Eythorne, Goodnestone, Guston, Hougham Without, Langdon, Lydden, Nonington, Northbourne, Preston, Ringwould & Kingsdown, Ripple, Sandwich, Shepherdswell with Coldred, Sholden, St. Margarets at Cliffe, Staple, Stourmouth, Temple Ewell with River, Tilmanstone, Whitfield, Wingham, Woodnesborough, Worth, and the unparished areas of Deal and Dover, to Thanet with Dover registration district.

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