Rochford Registration District

ROCHFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Essex.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1974 (to become part of Southend on Sea registration district).
Sub-districts : Great Wakering, Prittlewell, Rayleigh, Rochford, Rochford Hospitals, South East Essex
GRO volumes : XII (1837-51), 4a (1852-1946)., 4A (1946-74).
Registers currently held at : Southend on Sea and Essex (Benfleet)

Table 1: List of Places in Rochford Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ashingdon	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Barling	Essex	1837	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 to become part of the parish of Barling Magna.
Barling Magna	Essex	1946	1974	Created 1.4.1946 out of the parishes of Little Wakerling, Barling, and Great Wakering. See also Table 2, note (h).
Canewdon	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (d) and (h).
Canvey Island	Essex	1880	1939	Created 2.8.1880 out of the parishes of Bowers Gifford, Hadleigh, Laindon, North Benfleet, Pitsea, Prittlewell, South Benfleet, Southchurch, and Vange. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (f).
Canvey Island	Essex	1962	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Eastwood	Essex	1837	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 to become part of the parish of Canewdon.
Foulness	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Great Stambridge	Essex	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Stambridge.
Great Wakering	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Hadleigh	Essex	1837	1939	See Table 2, note (f).
Hadleigh	Essex	1962	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Benfleet. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
Havengore	Essex	1837	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 to become part of the parish of Foulness.
Hawkwell	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Hockley	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (h).
Hullbridge	Essex	1964	1974	Created 1.4.1964 out of the parish of Hockley. See also Table 2, note (h).
Leigh	Essex	1837	1913	Abolished 9.11.1913 to become part of the parish of Southend on Sea.
Little Stambridge	Essex	1837	1934	Abolished 1.4.1934 to become part of the parish of Stambridge.
Little Wakering	Essex	1837	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 to become parts of the parishes of Barling Magna, Foulness, Canewdon, and Great Wakering.
North Shoebury	Essex	1837	1933	Abolished 1.10.1933 to become parts of the parishes of Great Wakering and Southend on Sea.
Paglesham	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Prittlewell	Essex	1837	1913	Abolished 9.11.1913 to become part of the parish of Southend on Sea.
Rawreth	Essex	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Rayleigh. See also Table 2, note (h).
Rayleigh	Essex	1837	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (h).
Rochford	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Shopland	Essex	1837	1933	Abolished 1.10.1933 to become parts of the parishes of Sutton and Southend on Sea.
South Benfleet	Essex	1848	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
South Benfleet	Essex	1962	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Benfleet. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (h).
South Fambridge	Essex	1837	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 to become part of the parish of Ashingdon.
South Shoebury	Essex	1837	1933	Abolished 1.10.1933 to become part of the parish of Southend on Sea.
Southchurch	Essex	1837	1913	Abolished 9.11.1913 to become part of the parish of Southend on Sea.
Southend on Sea	Essex	1913	1939	Created 9.11.1913 out of the parishes of Prittlewell, Leigh, Southchurch, and Eastwood. See also Table 2, note (e).
Stambridge	Essex	1934	1974	Created 1.4.1934 out of the parishes of Great Stambridge and Little Stambridge. See also Table 2, note (h).
Sutton	Essex	1837	1974	See Table 2, note (h).
Thundersley	Essex	1848	1939	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Thundersley	Essex	1962	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become part of the unparished area of Benfleet. See also Table 2, notes (g) and (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Rochford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
7.2.1848	(a)	Gained the parishes of South Benfleet and Thundersley from Billericay registration district.	1303 in 1841
2.8.1880	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Canvey Island (which until 2.8.1880 formed detached parts of the parishes of Bowers Gifford, Laindon, North Benfleet, Pitsea, and Vange) from Billericay registration district.	176 in 1891
1.7.1939	(c)	Lost part of the parish of Hockley (which became part of the parish of Woodham Ferrers on 1.4.1934) to Chelmsford registration district.	1 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Canewdon (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Althorne and Creeksea) from Maldon registration district.	4 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the parish of Southend on Sea to Southend on Sea registration district.	129783 in 1931
	(f)	Lost the parishes of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley, to Thurrock registration district.	15623 in 1931
1.4.1962	(g)	Gained the parishes of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley, from Thurrock registration district.
1.4.1974 (abolished)	(h)	Lost the constituent parishes of Ashingdon, Barling Magna, Canewdon, Canvey Island, Foulness, Great Wakering, Hadleigh, Hawkwell, Hockley, Hullbridge, Paglesham, Rawreth, Rayleigh, Rochford, South Benfleet, Stambridge, Sutton, and Thundersley, to Southend on Sea registration district.	142319 in 1971

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