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The list below shows the civil registration districts in Sussex since 1837. The same districts were used to compile the census returns for the years 1851 to 1921.
For the purposes of these pages, "Sussex " refers to:
Click on a district name in the table below to see the places and dates covered, or see the Index of Place Names for the whole of England and Wales.
Registration District |
Registration County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1977 and added to Hastings & Rother registration district. |
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East Sussex |
1974 |
1977 |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.11.1998 and added to Brighton & Hove registration district. |
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East Sussex |
1974 |
1998 |
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East Sussex |
1998 |
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Created 1.11.1998 from Brighton and Hove registration districts. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1838 |
Abolished 15.1.1838 and added to Lewes registration district. |
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Sussex |
1935 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1935 out of Thakeham and Steyning registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Worthing registration district. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.2010 and added to West Sussex registration district. |
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West Sussex |
1974 |
2010 |
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1837 |
1886 |
Partly in Sussex until 25.3.1886. |
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West Sussex |
1974 |
2010 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of Horsham, Uckfield and Cuckfield registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2010 and added to West Sussex registration district. |
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East Sussex |
2000 |
2008 |
Created 1.1.2000 by renaming Uckfield registration district. Abolished 1.5.2008 and added to East Sussex registration district. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Renamed 1.10.1980 to become Haywards Heath registration district. |
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West Sussex |
1974 |
1980 |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.5.2008 and added to East Sussex registration district. |
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East Sussex |
1974 |
2008 |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Uckfield and Cuckfield registration districts. |
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Sussex |
1870 |
1935 |
Created 1.1.1870 out of Worthing registration district. Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Worthing and Chichester registration districts. |
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East Sussex |
2008 |
|
Created 1.5.2008 from Crowborough, Eastbourne, Hastings & Rother and Lewes registration districts. |
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1846 |
1869 |
Partly in Sussex from 28.5.1846 to 1.7.1869. |
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1837 |
1846 |
Partly in Sussex from 1.7.1837 to 28.5.1846. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1976 and added to Eastbourne registration district. |
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East Sussex |
1974 |
1976 |
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1837 |
1884 |
Partly in Sussex until 25.3.1885. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1977 and added to Hastings & Rother registration district. |
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East Sussex |
1974 |
1977 |
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East Sussex |
1977 |
2008 |
Created 1.4.1977 from Battle and Hastings registration districts. Abolished 1.5.2008 and added to East Sussex registration district. |
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West Sussex |
1980 |
2010 |
Created 1.10.1980 by renaming Cuckfield registration district. Abolished 1.4.2010 and added to West Sussex registration district. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.2010 and added to West Sussex registration district. |
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West Sussex |
1974 |
2010 |
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Sussex |
1935 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1935 out of Steyning registration district. Abolished 1.11.1998 and added to Brighton & Hove registration district. |
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East Sussex |
1974 |
1998 |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.5.2008 and added to East Sussex registration district. |
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East Sussex |
1974 |
2008 |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Midhurst & Petworth registration district. |
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Sussex |
1935 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1935 out of Midhurst and Petworth registration districts. Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to Chichester registration district. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1839 |
Abolished 31.3.1839 and added to Lewes registration district. |
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Sussex |
1901 |
1935 |
Created 1.10.1901 out of Lewes registration district. Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Lewes registraion district. |
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1837 |
1894 |
Partly in Sussex until 1894. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Midhurst & Petworth registration district. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Battle registration district. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Hove, Worthing, Chanctonbury and Cuckfield registration districts. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Chanctonbury, Worthing and Horsham registration districts. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and divided between Battle, Uckfield and Tonbridge registration districts. |
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1837 |
1895 |
Partly in Sussex until 30.9.1895. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1974 |
Renamed 1.1.2000 to become Crowborough registration district. |
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East Sussex |
1974 |
1999 |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Chichester registration district. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1838 |
Abolished 15.1.1838 and added to Lewes registration district. |
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West Sussex |
2010 |
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Created 1.4.2010 from Chichester, Crawley, Haywards Heath, Horsham and Worthing registration districts. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1935 |
Abolished 1.4.1935 and added to Chichester registration district. |
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Sussex |
1837 |
1869 |
Abolished 1.1.1870 and divided between East Preston, Steyning and Thakeham registration districts. |
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Sussex |
1935 |
1974 |
Created 1.4.1935 out of East Preston, Steyning and Thakeham registration districts. Abolished 1.4.2010 and added to West Sussex registration district. |
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West Sussex |
1974 |
2010 |
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