Brighton Registration District

BRIGHTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Sussex (1837-1974), East Sussex (1974-98).
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Brighthelmston").
Abolished : 1.11.1998 (to become part of Brighton & Hove registration district).
Sub-districts : Brighton Central, Brighton General Hospital, Brighton Outer, Brighton West, East Brighton, Kemptown, Palace, Pavilion, St. Peter, West Brighton
GRO volumes : VII (1837-51), 2b (1852-1946), 5H (1946-74), 18 (1974-92).
Registers currently held at : Brighton & Hove.

Table 1: List of Places in Brighton Registration District

All the areas in Brighton registration district became part of the county of East Sussex on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Brighton	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a) to (d).
Brighton	East Sussex	1889	1974
Brighton	East Sussex	1974	1998	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and county borough of Brighton. See also Table 2, note (e).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Brighton Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1928	(a)	Gained parts of the parish of Brighton (which until 1.4.1928 formed the parishes of Ovingdean and Rottingdean, and part of the parish of Falmer) from Newhaven registration district.	3367 in 1921
	(b)	Lost part of the parish of Brighton (which became part of the parish of Hove on 1.4.1928) to Steyning registration district.	168 in 1921
	(c)	Gained parts of the parish of Brighton (which until 1.4.1928 formed the parishes of Patcham and Preston, and parts of the parishes of Hove and West Blatchington) from Steyning registration district.	32905 in 1921
1.4.1952	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Brighton (which until 1.4.1952 formed parts of the parishes of Falmer and Stanmer) from Lewes registration district.
1.11.1998 (abolished)	(e)	Lost the constituent unparished area of Brighton to Brighton & Hove registration district.

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