Dover Registration District

DOVER REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
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).
Registers now held by : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Dover Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Alkham	Kent	1837	1974
Aylesham	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Buckland	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Dover.
Capel le Ferne	Kent	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (f).
Charlton	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Dover.
Coldred	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 and incorporated into the parish of Sheperdswell with Coldred.
Deal	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Denton	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 and incorporated into the parish of Denton with Wootton. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Denton with Wootton	Kent	1963	1974	Created 1.4.1963 from the parishes of Denton and Wootton.
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.
Dover Castle	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Dover.
East Cliffe	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Dover.
East Langdon	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 and incorporated into the parish of Langdon.
Eastry	Kent	1941	1974
Eythorne	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Guston	Kent	1837	1974
Hougham	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Dover.
Hougham Without	Kent	1894	1974	Created 30.9.1894 from the rural part of the parish of Hougham.
Langdon	Kent	1963	1974	Created 1.4.1963 from the parishes of East Langdon and West Langdon.
Lydden	Kent	1837	1974
Nonington	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Northbourne	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Oxney	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of St. Margarets at Cliffe and East Langdon.
Poulton	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into 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 and incorporated into the parish of Dover.
Ringwould	Kent	1837	1974
Ripple	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
River	Kent	1837	1960	Abolished 1.4.1960 and incorporated into the parishes of Whitfield and Temple Ewell with River.
Shepherdswell with Coldred	Kent	1963	1974	Created 1.4.1963 out of the parishes of Coldred and Sibertswold.
Sholden	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Sibertswold	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 and incorporated into the parish of Sheperdswell with Coldred.
St. James the Apostle	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Dover.
St. Margarets at Cliffe	Kent	1837	1974
St. Mary the Virgin	Kent	1837	1896	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Dover.
Sutton	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Temple Ewell	Kent	1837	1960	Abolished 1.4.1960 and incorporated into the parishes of Temple Ewell with River, Lydden, and Whitfield.
Temple Ewell with River	Kent	1960	1974	Created 1.4.1960 out of the parishes of Temple Ewell, River, and Alkham.
Tilmanstone	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
West Cliffe	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 and incorporated into the parishes of St. Margarets at Cliffe and East Langdon.
West Langdon	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 and incorporated into the parish of Langdon.
Whitfield	Kent	1837	1974
Wootton	Kent	1837	1963	Abolished 1.4.1963 and incorporated into the parish of Denton with Wootton. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (e).

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.

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