Dartford Registration District

DARTFORD REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Kent.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Bexley, Darent Valley, Dartford, Dartford First, Dartford Second, Dartford & Farningham, Erith, Farningham, Gravesend.
GRO volumes : V (1837–51), 2a (1852–1946), 5B (1946–65), 5F (1965–74).
Registers now held by : Kent and Bexley.

Table 1: List of Places in Dartford Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Ash	Kent	1837	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parishes of Ash cum Ridley and West Kingsdown. See also Table 2, note (c).
Ash cum Ridley	Kent	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Ridley and Ash.
Bexley	Kent	1837	1952	See Table 2, notes (a) and (e).
Crayford	Kent	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and incorporated into the London Borough of Bexley. See also Table 2, note (f).
Darenth	Kent	1837	1974
Dartford	Kent	1837	1974
East Wickham	Kent	1837	1902	Abolished 1.10.1902 and incorporated into the parish of Bexley.
Erith	Kent	1837	1965	Abolished 1.4.1965 and incorporated into the London Borough of Bexley. See also Table 2, note (f).
Eynsford	Kent	1837	1974
Farningham	Kent	1837	1974
Fawkham	Kent	1837	1974
Gravesend	Kent	1952	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Hartley	Kent	1837	1974
Horton Kirby	Kent	1837	1974
Kingsdown	Kent	1837	1948	Abolished 1.8.1948 and renamed West Kingsdown. See also Table 2, note (b).
Longfield	Kent	1837	1974
Lullingstone	Kent	1837	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Eynsford.
Northfleet	Kent	1941	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Ridley	Kent	1837	1955	Abolished 1.4.1955 and incorporated into the parish of Ash cum Ridley.
Southfleet	Kent	1837	1974
Stone	Kent	1837	1974
Sutton at Hone	Kent	1837	1974
Swanley	Kent	1955	1974	Created 1.4.1955 out of the parishes of Sutton at Hone, Eynsford, Farlingham, Horton, and Wilmington.
Swanscombe	Kent	1837	1974
West Kingsdown	Kent	1948	1974	Created 1.8.1948 by renaming the parish of Kingsdown.
Wilmington	Kent	1837	1974

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Dartford Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.12.1910	(a)	Lost part of the parish of Bexley (which became part of the parish of Footscray on 1.10.1910) to Bromley registration district.	1103 in 1901
1.4.1941	(b)	Gained parts of the parish of Kingsdown (which until 1.4.1934 formed parts of the parishes of Ightham and Wrotham) from Malling registration district.	59 in 1931
1.4.1941	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Ash (which until 1.4.1934 formed part of the parish of Kemsing) from Sevenoaks registration district.	0 in 1931
1.10.1952	(d)	Gained the parishes of Gravesend and Northfleet from Chatham registration district.
1.10.1952	(e)	Lost the parish of Bexley to Sidcup registration district.	88781 in 1951
1.4.1965	(f)	Lost the parishes of Crayford and Erith (which became parts of the London Borough of Bexley on 1.4.1965) to Bexley registration district.	76313 in 1961

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