Tunbridge Wells Registration District

TUNBRIDGE WELLS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.1.1980 (by renaming Tonbridge registration district).
Abolished : 1.4.2003 (to become part of Kent registration district).
Sub-districts : East Kent.
GRO volumes : 16 (1980–92).
Registers currently held at : Kent.

Table 1: List of Places in Tunbridge Wells Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Benerden	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Bidborough	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Brasted	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Brenchley	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Capel	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Chevening	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Chiddingstone	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Cowden	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Cranbrook	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Dunton Green	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Edenbridge	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Frittenden	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Gouldhurst	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Hadlow	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Halstead	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, notes (a), (c) and (d).
Hawkhurst	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Hever	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Hildenborough	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Horsmonden	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Kemsing	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Knockholt	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Lamberhurst	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Leigh	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Otford	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Paddock Wood	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Pembury	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Penshurst	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Riverhead	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Sandhurst	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Seal	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Sevenoaks	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Sevenoaks Weald	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Shoreham	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, notes (a), (e) and (f).
Southborough	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Speldhurst	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Sundridge	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, note (a).
Tonbridge	Kent	1980	2003	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Tonbridge. See also Table 2, note (a).
Tunbridge Wells	Kent	1980	2003	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the municipal borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells, and the parish of Tunbridge Wells. See also Table 2, note (a).
Westerham	Kent	1980	2003	See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Tunbridge Wells Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1980 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Benenden, Bidborough, Brasted, Brenchley, Capel, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Cranbrook, Dunton Green, Edenbridge, Frittenden, Goudhurst, Hadlow, Halstead, Hawkhurst, Hever, Hildenborough, Horsmonden, Kemsing, Knockholt, Lamberhurst, Leigh, Otford, Paddock Wood, Pembury, Penshurst, Riverhead, Sandhurst, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Weald, Shoreham, Southborough, Speldhurst, Sundridge, and Westerham, and the unparished areas of Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, from Tonbridge registration district.
1.4.1994	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Brasted (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the London borough of Bromley) from Bromley registration district.
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Halstead (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the London borough of Bromley) from Bromley registration district.
	(d)	Lost part of the parish of Halstead (which became part of the London borough of Bromley on 1.4.1994) to Bromley registration district.
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Shoreham (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the London borough of Bromley) from Bromley registration district.
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of Shoreham (which became part of the London borough of Bromley on 1.4.1994) to Bromley registration district.
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Westerham (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the London borough of Bromley) from Bromley registration district.
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Westerham (which became part of the London borough of Bromley on 1.4.1994) to Bromley registration district.
1.4.2003 (abolished)	(i)	Lost the constituent parishes of Benerden, Bidborough, Brasted, Brenchley, Capel, Chevening, Chiddingstone, Cowden, Cranbrook, Dunton Green, Edenbridge, Frittenden, Gouldhurst, Hadlow, Halstead, Hawkhurst, Hever, Hildenborough, Horsmonden, Kemsing, Knockholt, Lamberhurst, Leigh, Otford, Paddock Wood, Pembury, Penshurst, Riverhead, Sandhurst, Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks Weald, Shoreham, Southborough, Speldhurst, Sundridge, and Westerham, and the unparished areas of Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, to Kent registration district.

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