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LEWISHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1A: List of Places in Lewisham Registration District (1837–1965)

All the areas in Lewisham registration district became part of the county of London on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Charlton

Kent

1837

1868

See Table 2, note (a).

Eltham

Kent

1837

1889

Abolished 31.3.1930 and added to the parish of Borough of Woolwich. See also Table 2, notes (g), (h) and (i).

London

1889

1930

Kidbrooke

Kent

1837

1868

See Table 2, note (a).

Lee

Kent

1837

1889

Abolished 1.4.1904 and added to the parish of Lewisham.

London

1889

1904

Lewisham

Kent

1837

1889

Abolished 1.4.1965 and added to the London borough of Lewisham. See also Table 2, notes (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h).

London

1889

1965

Mottingham

Kent

1837

1887

See Table 2, note (b).

Plumstead

Kent

1837

1868

See Table 2, note (a).


Table 1B: List of Places in Lewisham Registration District (from 1965)

All the areas in Lewisham registration district became part of the county of Greater London on 1.4.1965.

Civil Parish
(* or Unparished area)

County

From

To

Comments

Lewisham

Greater London

1965

Originally comprising only that part of the London borough and unparished area which until 1.4.1965 formed the parish of Lewisham. See also Table 2, notes (j) to (n).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Lewisham Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.7.1868

(a)

Lost the parishes of Charlton, Kidbrooke and Plumstead, to Woolwich registration district.

33778 in 1861

1.4.1887

(b)

Lost the parish of Mottingham to Bromley registration district.

779 in 1881

1.4.1901

(c)

Lost part of the parish of Lewisham (which was added to the parish of Camberwell on 1.4.1901) to Camberwell registration district.

1643 in 1901

(d)

Gained part of the parish of Lewisham (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Camberwell) from Camberwell registration district.

874 in 1901

(e)

Lost parts of the parish of Lewisham (which became parts of the parishes of Greenwich and St. Paul Deptford on 1.4.1901) to Greenwich registration district.

1116 in 1901

(f)

Gained parts of the parish of Lewisham (which until 1.4.1901 formed parts of the parishes of Greenwich and St. Paul Deptford) from Greenwich registration district.

1039 in 1901

(g)

Lost parts of the parishes of Eltham and Lewisham (which was added to the parish of Charlton and Kidbrooke on 1.4.1901) to Woolwich registration district.

0 in 1901

(h)

Gained part of the parish of Eltham and Lewisham (which until 1.4.1901 formed part of the parish of Charlton) from Woolwich registration district.

3 in 1901

1.4.1930

(i)

Lost the parish of Eltham (which was added to the parish of Borough of Woolwich on 31.3.1930) to Woolwich registration district.

28308 in 1921

1.7.1966

(j)

Gained part of the London borough of Lewisham (which until 1.4.1965 formed the parish of St. Paul Deptford) from Deptford registration district.

68829 in 1931

1.4.1994

(k)

Gained part of the London borough of Lewisham (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the London borough of Bromley) from Bromley registration district.

n/a

(l)

Lost part of the London borough of Lewisham (which was added to the London borough of Bromley on 1.4.1994) to Bromley registration district.

n/a

(m)

Gained part of the London borough of Lewisham (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the London borough of Southwark) from Southwark registration district.

298 in 1993

(n)

Lost part of the London borough of Lewisham (which was added to the London borough of Southwark on 1.4.1994) to Southwark registration district.

0 in 1993



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