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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Kent since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1911.
For the purposes of these pages, "Kent" refers to:
Click on a district name to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.
Registration DIstrct |
Registration County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Kent |
1941 |
1998 |
Created 1.4.1941 out of West Ashford, Tenterden, East Ashford, Faversham, Elham, and Romney Marsh registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1998 to become part of Ashford with Shepway registration district. |
|
Ashford with Shepway |
Kent |
1998 |
2003 |
Created 1.4.1998 from Ashford and Shepway registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2003 to become part of Kent registration district. |
Blean |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Bridge registration district. |
Bridge |
Kent |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Canterbury registration district. |
Bromley |
Kent |
1837 |
1965 |
Transferred to the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965. |
Canterbury |
Kent |
1837 |
1998 |
Abolished 1.4.1998 to become part of Cantebury with Swale registration district. |
Canterbury with Swale |
Kent |
1998 |
2003 |
Created 1.4.1998 from Canterbury and Swale registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2003 to become part of Kent registration district. |
Chatham |
Kent |
1941 |
1998 |
Created 1.4.1941 out of Medway, Gravesend, Strood & Hoo, and Hollingbourne registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1998 to become Medway registration district. |
Cranbrook |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Maidstone registration district. |
Croydon |
1837 |
1934 |
Partly in Kent until 1.4.1934. |
|
Dartford |
Kent |
1837 |
1980 |
Abolished 1.1.1980 to become Gravesend registration district. |
Dover |
Kent |
1837 |
1998 |
Abolished 1.4.1998 to become part of Thanet with Dover registration district. |
East Ashford |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Ashford and Folkestone registration districts. |
Eastry |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Thanet and Dover registration districts. |
Elham |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Folkestone, Ashford, and Dover registration districts. |
Faversham |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Sittingbourne, Bridge, and Ashford registration districts. |
Folkestone |
Kent |
1941 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1941 out of Elham, Romney Marsh, East Ashford, Tenterden, and Dover registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of Shepway registration district. |
Gravesend |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Chatham registration district. |
Gravesend |
Kent |
1980 |
2003 |
Created 1.1.1980 by renaming Dartford registration district. Abolished 1.4.2003 to become part of Kent registration district. |
Greenwich |
1837 |
1889 |
Transferred to the county of London on 1.4.1889. |
|
Hollingbourne |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Maidstone and Chatham registration districts. |
Hoo |
Kent |
1837 |
1923 |
Abolished 1.8.1923 to become part of Strood & Hoo registration district |
Kent | Kent |
2003 |
Created 1.4.2003 from Ashford with Shepway, Canterbury with Swale, Gravesend, Maidstone, Thanet with Dover, and Tunbridge Wells registration districts. |
|
Lewisham |
1837 |
1889 |
Transferred to the county of London on 1.4.1889. |
|
Maidstone |
Kent |
1837 |
2003 |
Abolished 1.4.2003 to become part of Kent registration district. |
Malling |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Maidstone, Dartford and Tonbridge registration districts. |
Medway |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Chatham registration district. |
Medway |
Kent |
1998 |
Created 1.4.1998 by renaming Chatham registration district. |
|
Milton |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Sittingbourne registration district. |
North Aylesford |
Kent |
1837 |
1884 |
Abolished 26.12.1884 to become Stroof registration district. |
Romney Marsh |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Folkestone and Ashford registration districts. |
Rye |
1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Kent until 30.9.1895. |
|
Sevenoaks |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Tonbridge and Dartford registration districts |
Sheppey |
Kent |
1837 |
1979 |
Abolished 1.1.1980 to become part of Swale registration district. |
Shepway |
Kent |
1974 |
1998 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Folkestone registration district. Abolished 1.4.1998 to become part of Ashford with Shepway registration district. |
Sidcup |
Kent |
1837 |
1965 |
Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of Bexley and Bromley registration districts. |
Sittingbourne |
Kent |
1941 |
1979 |
Created 1.4.1941 out of Milton, Faversham and West Ashford registration districts. Abolished 1.1.1980 to become part of Swale registration district. |
Strood |
Kent |
1884 |
1923 |
Created 26.12.1884 by renaming North Aylesford registration district. Abolished 1.8.1923 to become part of Strood & Hoo registration district. |
Strood & Hoo |
Kent |
1923 |
1941 |
Created 1.8.1923 from Strood and Hoo registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Chatham registration district. |
Swale | Kent |
1980 |
1998 |
Created 1.1.1980 out of Sittingbourne and Sheppey registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1998 to become part of Cantebury with Swale registration district. |
Tenterden |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Ashford and Folkestone registration districts. |
Thanet |
Kent |
1837 |
1998 |
Abolished 1.4.1998 to become part of Thanet with Dover registration district. |
Thanet with Dover | Kent |
1998 |
2003 |
Created 1.4.1998 from Dover and Thanet registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2003 to become part of Kent registration district. |
Ticehurst |
1837 |
1935 |
Partly in Kent until 1.4.1935 |
|
Tonbridge |
Kent |
1837 |
1979 |
Abolished 1.1.1980 to become Tunbridge Wells registration district. |
Tunbridge Wells | Kent |
1980 |
2003 |
Created 1.1.1980 by renaming Tonbridge registration district. Abolished 1.4.2003 to become part of Kent registration district. |
West Ashford |
Kent |
1837 |
1941 |
Abolished 1.4.1941 to become part of Ashford and Sittingbourne registration districts. |
Woolwich |
1868 |
1889 |
Created 1.7.1868 out of Greenwich and Lewisham registration districts. Transferred to the county of London on 1.4.1889. |
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