Dartford Registration District

DARTFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.1980 (to become Gravesend registration district).
Sub-districts : Bexley, Darent Valley, Dartford, Dartford First, Dartford Second, Dartford & Farningham, Erith, Farningham, Gravesend.
GRO volumes : V (1837–51), 2a (1852–1946), 5B (1946–65), 5F (1965–74), 16 (1974–79).
Registers currently held at : Kent and Bexley.

Table 1: List of Places in Dartford Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Ash	Kent	1837	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 to become parts of the parishes of Ash cum Ridley and West Kingsdown. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ash cum Ridley	Kent	1955	1979	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Ridley and Ash. See also Table 2, note (h).
Bexley	Kent	1837	1952	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Cobham	Kent	1974	1979	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Crayford	Kent	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Bexley. See also Table 2, note (f).
Darenth	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Dartford	Kent	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area.
Dartford	Kent	1974	1979	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the municipal borough of Dartford. See also Table 2, note (h).
East Wickham	Kent	1837	1902	Abolished 1.10.1902 to become part of the parish of Bexley.
Erith	Kent	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 to become part of the London borough of Bexley. See also Table 2, note (f).
Eynsford	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Farningham	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Fawkham	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Gravesend	Kent	1952	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (d).
Gravesend	Kent	1974	1979	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the municipal borough of Gravesend. See also Table 2, note (h).
Hartley	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Higham	Kent	1974	1979	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Horton Kirby	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Kingsdown	Kent	1837	1948	Abolished 1.8.1948 to become the parish of West Kingsdown. See also Table 2, note (b).
Longfield	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Luddesdown	Kent	1974	1979	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Lullingstone	Kent	1837	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 to become part of the parish of Eynsford.
Meopham	Kent	1974	1979	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Northfleet	Kent	1941	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (d).
Northfleet	Kent	1974	1979	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the urban district of Northfleet. See also Table 2, note (h).
Ridley	Kent	1837	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 to become part of the parish of Ash cum Ridley.
Shone	Kent	1974	1979	See Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Southfleet	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Stone	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Sutton at Hone	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
Swanley	Kent	1955	1979	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Sutton at Hone, Eynsford, Farlingham, Horton, and Wilmington. See also Table 2, note (h).
Swanscombe	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).
West Kingsdown	Kent	1948	1979	Created 1.8.1948 by renaming the parish of Kingsdown. See also Table 2, note (h).
Wilmington	Kent	1837	1979	See Table 2, note (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dartford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.12.1910	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Bexley (which became part of the parish of Footscray on 1.10.1910) to Bromley registration district.	1103 in 1901
1.4.1941	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Kingsdown (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Ightham and Wrotham) from Malling registration district.	59 in 1931
1.4.1941	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Ash (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Kemsing) from Sevenoaks registration district.	0 in 1931
1.10.1952	(d)	Gained the parishes of Gravesend and Northfleet from Chatham registration district.
1.10.1952	(e)	Lost the parish of Bexley to Sidcup registration district.	88781 in 1951
1.4.1965	(f)	Lost the parishes of Crayford and Erith (which became parts of the London borough of Bexley on 1.4.1965) to Bexley registration district.	76313 in 1961
1.4.1974	(g)	Gained the parishes of Cobham, Higham, Luddesdown, Meopham, and Shorne, from Chatham registration district.	15774 in 1971
1.1.1980 (abolished)	(h)	Lost the constituent parishes of Ash cum Ridley, Cobham, Darenth, Eynsford, Farningham, Fawkham, Hartley, Higham, Horton Kirby, Longfield, Luddesdown, Meopham, Shorne, Southfleet, Stone, Sutton at Hone, Swanley, Swanscombe, West Kingsdown, and Wilmington, and the unparished areas of Dartford, Gravesend, and Northfleet, to Gravesend registration district.

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