Registration Districts in Kent

REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN KENT

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 1921.

For the purposes of these pages, "Kent" refers to:

the ancient county of Kent (1837–89), including the county of the city of Canterbury.
the administrative county of Kent (1889–1974), with the county borough of Canterbury.
the non-metropolitan county of Kent (from 1974), with the unitary authority of Medway (from 1998).

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
Ashford	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 and added to 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 and added to Kent registration district.
Blean	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and added to Bridge registration district.
Bridge	Kent	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Canterbury registration district.
Bromley	Kent	1837	1965	Transferred to Greater London on 1.4.1965.
Canterbury	Kent	1837	1998	Abolished 1.4.1998 and added to 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 and added to Kent registration district.
Chatham	Kent	1941	1998	Created 1.4.1941 out of Medway, Gravesend, Strood & Hoo and Hollingbourne registration districts. Renamed 1.4.1998 to become Medway registration district.
Cranbrook	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and added to Maidstone registration district.
Croydon	Surrey	1837	1934	Partly in Kent until 1.4.1934.
Dartford	Kent	1837	1980	Renamed 1.1.1980 to become Gravesend registration district.
Dover	Kent	1837	1998	Abolished 1.4.1998 and added to Thanet with Dover registration district.
East Ashford	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Ashford and Folkestone registration districts.
Eastry	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Thanet and Dover registration districts.
Elham	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Folkestone, Ashford and Dover registration districts.
Faversham	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between 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 and added to Shepway registration district.
Gravesend	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and added to Chatham registration district.
Gravesend	Kent	1980	2003	Created 1.1.1980 by renaming Dartford registration district. Abolished 1.4.2003 and added to Kent registration district.
Greenwich	London	1837	1889	Partly in Kent until 1.4.1889.
Hollingbourne	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Maidstone and Chatham registration districts.
Hoo	Kent	1837	1923	Abolished 1.8.1923 and added to 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	London	1837	1889	Partly in Kent until 1.4.1889.
Maidstone	Kent	1837	2003	Abolished 1.4.2003 and added to Kent registration district.
Malling	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Maidstone, Dartford and Tonbridge registration districts.
Medway	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and added to Chatham registration district.
Medway	Kent	1998		Created 1.4.1998 by renaming Chatham registration district.
Milton	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and added to Sittingbourne registration district.
North Aylesford	Kent	1837	1884	Renamed 26.12.1884 to become Strood registration district.
Romney Marsh	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Folkestone and Ashford registration districts.
Rye	Sussex	1837	1895	Partly in Kent until 30.9.1895.
Sevenoaks	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Tonbridge and Dartford registration districts
Sheppey	Kent	1837	1979	Abolished 1.1.1980 and added to Swale registration district.
Shepway	Kent	1974	1998	Created 1.4.1974 out of Folkestone registration district. Abolished 1.4.1998 and added to Ashford with Shepway registration district.
Sidcup	Kent	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and divided between 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 and added to Swale registration district.
Strood	Kent	1884	1923	Created 26.12.1884 by renaming North Aylesford registration district. Abolished 1.8.1923 and added to Strood & Hoo registration district.
Strood & Hoo	Kent	1923	1941	Created 1.8.1923 from Strood and Hoo registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1941 and added to Chatham registration district.
Swale	Kent	1980	1998	Created 1.1.1980 from Sittingbourne and Sheppey registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1998 and added to Cantebury with Swale registration district.
Tenterden	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Ashford and Folkestone registration districts.
Thanet	Kent	1837	1998	Abolished 1.4.1998 and added to 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 and added to Kent registration district.
Ticehurst	Sussex	1837	1935	Partly in Kent until 1.4.1935
Tonbridge	Kent	1837	1979	Renamed 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 and added to Kent registration district.
West Ashford	Kent	1837	1941	Abolished 1.4.1941 and divided between Ashford and Sittingbourne registration districts.
Woolwich	London	1868	1889	Created 1.7.1868 out of Greenwich and Lewisham registration districts. Partly in Kent until 1.4.1889.

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