Westhampnett Registration District

WESTHAMPNETT REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Sussex.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.4.1935 (incorporated into Chichester registration district).
Sub-districts : Bognor, Boxgrove, Manhood, Oving, Singleton, Selsey, South Bersted, Wyke, Yapton
GRO volumes : VII (1837–51), 2b (1852–1935).
Registers now held by : West Sussex.

Table 1: List of Places in Westhampnett Registration District

All the Sussex parishes in Westhampnett registration district became part of the new county of West Sussex on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Aldingbourne	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Aldingbourne	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Appledram	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Appledram	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Barnham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Barnham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Bersted	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Bersted	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Binderton	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of West Dean. See also Table 2, note (i).
Binderton	West Sussex	1889	1933
Binsted	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Tortington. See also Table 2, note (j).
Binsted	West Sussex	1889	1933
Birdham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Birdham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Bognor	West Sussex	1894	1935	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of South Bersted in Bognor Urban District. See also Table 2, note (h).
Boxgrove	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Boxgrove	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Donnington	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (d), (h) and (k).
Donnington	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (d), (h) and (k).
Earnley	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Earnley	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Eartham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Eartham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
East Dean	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
East Dean	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
East Lavant	Sussex	1837	1873	Abolished 29.9.1873 and incorporated into the parish of Lavant.
East Wittering	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
East Wittering	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Eastergate	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Eastergate	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Felpham	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Bognor Regis, Middleton, and Yapton.
Felpham	West Sussex	1889	1933
Graffham	Sussex	1837	1869	See Table 2, note (c).
Hunston	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Hunston	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Lavant	Sussex	1873	1889	Created 29.9.1873 out of the parishes of East Lavant and Mid Lavant. See also Table 2, note (h)
Lavant	West Sussex	1889	1935
Madehurst	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Madehurst	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Merston	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Oving.
Merston	West Sussex	1889	1933
Mid Lavant	Sussex	1837	1873	Abolished 29.9.1873 and incorporated into the parish of Lavant.
Middleton	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Middleton	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
New Fishbourne	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parishes of Chichester, Bosham, and Funtington. See also Table 2, notes (e), (h) and (l).
New Fishbourne	West Sussex	1889	1933
North Mundham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
North Mundham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Oving	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Oving	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Pagham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Pagham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Porthfield	West Sussex	1894	1896	Created 1896 from the part of the parish of Oving in Chichester Municipal Borough. Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Chichester. See also Table 2, note (f).
Rumboldswyke	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Chichester. See also Table 2, note (g).
Rumboldswyke	West Sussex	1889	1896
St. Pancras Rural	West Sussex	1894	1896	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Pancras. Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of Donnington.
Selsey	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Selsey	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Sidlesham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Sidlesham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Singleton	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Singleton	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Slindon	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Slindon	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Sub Deanery Rural	West Sussex	1894	1896	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of St. Peter the Great. Abolished 26.3.1896 and incorporated into the parish of New Fishbourne.
Tangmere	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Tangmere	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Up Waltham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Up Waltham	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Walberton	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Walberton	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
West Itchenor	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
West Itchenor	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
West Stoke	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Funtington. See also Table 2, note (m).
West Stoke	West Sussex	1889	1933
West Wittering	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
West Wittering	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Westhampnett	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Westhampnett	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).
Yapton	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (h).
Yapton	West Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Westhampnett Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
9.10.1858	(a)	Gained the parish of Slindon from Chichester registration district.	599 in 1851
1.1.1870	(b)	Gained the parish of Bersted from Chichester registration district.	3128 in 1861
1.1.1870	(c)	Lost the parish of Graffham to Midhurst registration district.	416 in 1861
1.8.1896	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Donnington (which until 26.3.1896 formed the parish of St. Pancras Rural) from Chichester registration district.	0 in 1891
	(e)	Gained part of the parish of New Fishbourne (which until 26.3.1896 formed the parish of Sub Deanery Rural) from Chichester registration district.	9 in 1891
	(f)	Lost the parish of Porthfield (which became part of the parish of Chichester on 28.3.1896) to Chichester registration district.	1527 in 1891
	(g)	Lost the parish of Rumboldswyke (which became part of the parish of Chichester on 28.3.1896) to Chichester registration district.	1460 in 1891
1.4.1935 (abolished)	(h)	Lost the parishes of Aldingbourne, Appledram, Barnham, Bersted, Birdham, Bognor, Boxgrove, Donnington, Earnley, Eartham, East Dean, East Wittering, Eastergate, Hunston, Lavant, Madehurst, Middleton, New Fishbourne, North Mundham, Oving, Pagham, Selsey, Sidlesham, Singleton, Slindon, Tangmere, Up Waltham, Walberton, West Itchenor, West Wittering, Westhampnett, and Yapton, to Chichester registration district.	36110 in 1931
	(i)	Lost the parish of Binderton (which became part of the parish of West Dean on 1.4.1933) to Chichester registration district.	86 in 1931
	(j)	Lost the parish of Binsted (which became part of the parish of Tortington on 1.4.1933) to Chichester registration district.	107 in 1931
	(k)	Lost part of the parish of Donnington (which became part of the parish of Chichester on 1.4.1933) to Chichester registration district.	18 in 1931
	(l)	Lost parts of the parish of New Fishbourne (which became parts of the parishes of Bosham and Chichester on 1.4.1933) to Chichester registration district.	999 in 1931
	(m)	Lost the parish of West Stoke (which became part of the parish of Funtington on 1.4.1933) to Chichester registration district.	128 in 1931

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