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STEYNING REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1: List of Places in Steyning Registration District

All the areas in Steyning registration district became parts of the counties of East Sussex and West Sussex on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Aldrington

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (h).

East Sussex

1889

1935

Ashurst

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, notes (b) and (f).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Botolphs

Sussex

1837

1889

Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Bramber.

West Sussex

1889

1933

Bramber

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (f).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Coombes

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (i).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Edburton

Sussex

1837

1889

In 1894 the East Sussex part of the parish of Edburton became the separate parish of Fulking, so that thereafter Edburton was wholly in West Sussex. Abolished 1.4.1933 and added to the parish of Upper Beeding.

East Sussex and West Sussex

1889

1894

West Sussex

1894

1933

Fulking

East Sussex

1894

1935

Created 1894 from the East Sussex part of the parish of Edburton. See also Table 2, note (g).

Hangleton

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (h).

East Sussex

1889

1935

Henfield

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (f).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Hove

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, notes (d), (e) and (h).

East Sussex

1889

1935

Kingston by Sea

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (i).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Lancing

Sussex

1870

1889

See Table 2, notes (a) and (i).

West Sussex

1889

1935

New Shoreham

Sussex

1837

1889

Abolished 1.10.1910 and added to the parish of Shoreham by Sea.

West Sussex

1889

1910

Old Shoreham

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (i).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Patcham

Sussex

1837

1889

Abolished 1.4.1928 and added to the parish of Brighton. See also Table 2, note (d).

East Sussex

1889

1928

Portslade

Sussex

1837

1889

Abolished 31.3.1928 and added to the parish of Portslade by Sea.

East Sussex

1889

1928

Portslade by Sea

East Sussex

1898

1935

Created 1.4.1898 from the part of the parish of Portslade in Portslade by Sea Urban District. See also Table 2, note (h).

Poynings

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (g).

East Sussex

1889

1935

Preston

Sussex

1837

1889

Abolished 1.4.1928 and added to the parish of Brighton. See also Table 2, note (d).

West Sussex

1889

1928

Preston Rural

West Sussex

1894

1928

Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Preston. Abolished 1.4.1928 and added to the parish of Hove.

Shermanbury

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (f).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Shoreham by Sea

West Sussex

1910

1935

Created 1.10.1910 out of the parishes of New Shoreham, Old Shorehm and Lancing. See also Table 2, note (i).

Sompting

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, notes (c), (i) and (j).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Southwick

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (i).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Steyning

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (f).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Upper Beeding

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (f).

West Sussex

1889

1935

West Blatchington

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, notes (d) and (h).

East Sussex

1889

1935

Woodmancote

Sussex

1837

1889

See Table 2, note (f).

West Sussex

1889

1935

Worthing

West Sussex

1933

1935

That part which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Sompting. See also Table 2, note (j).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Steyning Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.1.1870

(a)

Gained the parish of Lancing from Worthing registration district.

950 in 1861

25.3.1883

(b)

Lost a detached part of the parish of Ashurst (which was added to the parish of West Grinstead on 25.3.1883) to Horsham registration district.

4 in 1881

1.1.1904

(c)

Gained part of the parish of Sompting (which until 9.11.1902 formed part of the parish of Broadwater) from East Preston registration district.

8 in 1901

1.4.1928

(d)

Lost parts of the parishes of Hove, Patcham, Preston and West Blatchington (which became parts of the parish of Brighton on 1.4.1928) to Brighton registration district.

32905 in 1921

(e)

Gained part of the parish of Hove (which until 1.4.1928 formed part of the parish of Brighton) from Brighton registration district.

168 in 1921

1.4.1935 (abolished)

(f)

Lost the parishes of Ashurst, Bramber, Henfield, Shermanbury, Steyning, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote, to Chanctonbury registration district.

6467 in 1931

(g)

Lost the parishes of Fulking and Poynings to Cuckfield registration district.

482 in 1931

(h)

Lost the parishes of Aldrington, Hangleton, Hove, Portslade by Sea and West Blatchington, to Hove registration district.

64520 in 1931

(i)

Lost the parishes of Coombes, Kingston by Sea, Lancing, Old Shoreham, Shoreham by Sea, Sompting and Southwick, to Worthing registration district.

20604 in 1931

(j)

Lost the part in the parish of Worthing (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Sompting) to Worthing registration district.

315 in 1931



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