Sevenoaks Registration District

SEVENOAKS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1941 (to become part of Tonbridge and Dartford registration districts).
Sub-districts : Penshurst, Sevenoaks, Shoreham.
GRO volumes : V (1837-51), 2a (1852-1941).
Registers currently held at : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Sevenoaks Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Brasted	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Chevening	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Chiddingstone	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Cowden	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Dunton Green	Kent	1908	1941	Created 1.10.1908 out of the parish of Otford. See also Table 2, note (c).
Edenbridge	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Halstead	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Hever	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Kemsing	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Leigh	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (a).
Otford	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Penshurst	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Riverhead	Kent	1894	1941	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parish of Sevenoaks. See also Table 2, note (c).
Seal	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Sevenoaks	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Sevenoaks Weald	Kent	1894	1941	Created 30.9.1894 out of the parish of Sevenoaks. See also Table 2, note (c).
Shoreham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Sundridge	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Westerham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Sevenoaks Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1895	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Leigh (which became part of the parish of Hildenborough in 1894) to Tonbridge registration district.	223 in 1891
1.4.1941 (abolished)	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Kemsing (which became part of the parish of Ash on 1.4.1934) to Dartford registration district.	0 in 1931
	(c)	Lost the parishes of Brasted, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Dunton Green, Edenbridge, Halstead, Hever, Kemsing, Leigh, Otford, Penshurst, Riverhead, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Weald, Shoreham, Sundridge, and Westerham, to Tonbridge registration district.	37199 in 1931
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Leigh (which became part of the parish of Bidborough on 1.4.1934) to Tonbridge registration district.	25 in 1931
	(e)	Lost part of the parish of Penshurst (which became part of the parish of Speldhurst on 1.4.1934) to Tonbridge registration district.	33 in 1931

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