Medway Registration District

MEDWAY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1941 (incorporated into Chatham registration district).
Sub-districts : Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Rochester & Chatham.
GRO volumes : V (1837–51), 2a (1852–1941).
Registers now held by : Medway.

Table 1: List of Places in Medway Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Cathedral Precincts	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Rochester.
Chatham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (e).
Gillingham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Grange	Kent	1837	1906	Abolished 1.4.1906 and incorporated into the parish of Gillingham.
Lidsing	Kent	1837	1913	Abolished 1.10.1913 and incorporated into the parish of Gillingham.
Rochester	Kent	1934	1941	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of St. Margaret, Strood Intra, Frindsbury Intra, St. Nicholas, Chatham, Strood Extra, Frindsbury Extra, and Cathedral Precincts. See also Table 2, note (e).
St. Margaret	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 30.9.1894 and divided into the separate parishs of St. Margaret Intra and St. Margaret Extra.
St. Margaret Extra	Kent	1894	1905	Created 30.9.1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Margaret. Abolished 1.4.1905 and incorporated into the parish of Wouldham. See also Table 2, note (b).
St. Margaret Intra	Kent	1894	1934	Created 30.9.1894 from the part of the parish of St. Margaret in Rochester Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Rochester. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Nicholas	Kent	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 and incorporated into the parish of Rochester.

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Medway Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1896	(a)	Gained part of the parish of St. Margaret Intra (which until 26.3.1896 formed part of the parish of Wouldham) from Malling registration district.	0 in 1891
1.5.1905	(b)	Lost the parish of St. Margaret Extra (which became part of the parish of Wouldham on 1.4.1905) to Malling registration district.	15 in 1901
1.4.1929	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Gillingham (which until 1.4.1929 formed the parish of Rainham) from Milton registration district.	4335 in 1921
1.4.1941 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the constituent parishes of Chatham, Gillingham, and Rochester, to Chatham registration district.	123106 in 1931

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