Faversham Registration District

FAVERSHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1941 (to become part of Sittingbourne, Bridge, and Ashford registration districts).
Sub-districts : Boughton, Faversham, Teynham.
GRO volumes : V (1837-51), 2a (1852-1941).

Table 1: List of Places in Faversham Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Badlesmere	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Boughton under Blean	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Buckland	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Charing	Kent	1935	1941	That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Stalisfield. See also Table 2, note (a).
Chilham	Kent	1935	1941	That part which until 1.4.1935 formed part of the parish of Selling. See also Table 2, note (a).
Davington	Kent	1837	1935	Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Faversham, Oare, and Luddenham.
Doddington	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Dunkirk	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Eastling	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Faversham	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 and divided to create the parishes of Faversham Within and Faversham Without.
Faversham	Kent	1935	1941	Created 1.4.1935 out of the parishes of Faversham Within, North Preston Without, Preston Within, Faversham Without, Ospringe, South Preston Without, Davington, and Luddenham. See also Table 2, note (c).
Faversham Within	Kent	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Faversham in Faversham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Faversham.
Faversham Without	Kent	1894	1941	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Faversham. See also Table 2, note (c).
Goodnestone	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Graveney	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Harbledown	Kent	1934	1941	That part which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Dunkirk. See also Table 2, note (b).
Hernhill	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (b) and (c).
Leaveland	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Luddenham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Lynsted	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Newnham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
North Preston Without	Kent	1897	1935	Created 1.4.1897 out of the parish of Preston Without. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Faversham.
Norton	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Oare	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Ospringe	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Preston next Faversham	Kent	1837	1894	Abolished 1894 to become the separate parishes of Preston Within and Preston Without.
Preston Within	Kent	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Preston next Faversham in Faversham Municipal Borough. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become part of the parish of Faversham.
Preston Without	Kent	1894	1897	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Preston next Faversham. Abolished 1.4.1897 to become the separate parishes of North Preston Without and South Preston Without.
Selling	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Sheldwich	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
South Preston Without	Kent	1897	1935	Created 1.4.1897 out of the parish of Preston Without. Abolished 1.4.1935 to become parts of the parishes of Faversham, Sheldwich, and Ospringe.
St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean	Kent	1934	1941	That part which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Dunkirk. See also Table 2, note (b).
Stalisfield	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, notes (a) and (c).
Stone	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Teynham	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Throwley	Kent	1837	1941	See Table 2, note (c).
Whitstable	Kent	1934	1941	That part which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Dunkirk, Graveney, and Hernill. See also Table 2, note (b).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Faversham Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.4.1941 (abolished)	(a)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Charing and Chilham (which until 1.4.1935 formed parts of the parishes of Selling and Stalisfield) to Ashford registration district.	63 in 1931
	(b)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Harbledown, St. Cosmus & St. Damian in the Blean, and Whitstable (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Dunkirk, Graveney, and Hernhill) to Bridge registration district.	920 in 1931
	(c)	Lost the parishes of Badlesmere, Boughton under Blean, Buckland, Doddington, Dunkirk, Eastling, Faversham, Faversham Without, Goodnestone, Graveney, Hernhill, Leaveland, Luddenham, Lynsted, Newnham, Norton, Oare, Ospringe, Selling, Sheldwich, Stalisfield, Stone, Teynham, and Throwley, to Sittingbourne registration district.	23288 in 1931

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