Elham Registration District

ELHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1941 (divided between Folkestone, Ashford and Dover registration districts).
Sub-districts : Elham; Folkestone; Hythe.
GRO volumes : V (1837–51); 2a (1852–1941).
District number : 43a (1841–46); 73 (1847–69); 64 (1870–80); 65 (1881–1908); 66 (1909–41).

Table 1: List of Places in Elham Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Acrise	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Burmarsh	Kent	1934	1941	That part which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of St. Leonard Hythe. See also Table 2, note (g).
Cheriton	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and divided between the parishes of Folkestone and Hythe.
Elham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Elmsted	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Folkestone	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Folkestone next Sandgate	Kent	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Folkestone in Sandgate Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1934 and added to the parish of Folkestone.
Folkestone Town	Kent	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 and added to the parish of Folkestone.
Hawkinge	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Hythe	Kent	1934	1941	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of St. Leonard Hythe, Cheriton, Saltwood, Burmarsh, Sandgate, Lympne and Aldington. See also Table 2, note (g).
Lyminge	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Lympne	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (a) and (g).
Monks Horton	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Newington	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Paddlesworth	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Postling	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Saltwood	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Sandgate	Kent	1894	1934	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Cheriton in Sandgate Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1934 and divided between the parishes of Folkestone and Hythe.
Sellindge	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (g).
St. Leonard Hythe	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and divided between the parishes of Hythe, Burmarsh and Lympne. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (g).
Stanford	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Stelling	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Stelling Minnis	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Stowting	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (g).
Swingfield	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (f) and (g).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Elham Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1883	(a)	Gained part of the parish of Lympe (which until 25.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Aldington) from East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1881
25.3.1886	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Newington (which was added to the parish of Hurst on 25.3.1886) to East Ashford registration district.	0 in 1881
24.3.1888	(c)	Gained part of the parish of St. Leonard Hythe (which until 24.3.1888 formed the parts of the parishes of Aldington and West Hythe in Hythe municipal borough) from East Ashford registration district.	96 in 1881
24.3.1888	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Sellindge (which was added to the parish of Dymchurch on 24.3.1888) to Romney Marsh registration district.	6 in 1881
1.4.1941 (abolished)	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Sellindge (which was added to the parish of Smeeth on 1.4.1935) to Ashford registration district.	36 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Swingfield (which was added to the parish of Wootton on 1.4.1934) to Dover registration district.	0 in 1931
	(g)	Lost the part in the parish of Burmarsh (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of St. Leonard Hythe) and the parishes of Acrise, Elham, Elmsted, Folkestone, Hawkinge, Hythe, Lyminge, Lympne, Monks Horton, Newington, Paddlesworth, Postling, Saltwood, Sellindge, Stanford, Stelling, Stelling Minnis, Stowting and Swingfield, to Folkestone registration district.	63478 in 1931

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