Hastings Registration District

HASTINGS REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Sussex.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : All Saints, Hastings, Hastings Central, Hastings Rural, Ore, St. Mary in the Castle, St. Mary Magdalen
GRO volumes : VII (1837–51), 2b (1852–1946), 5H (1946–74).
Registers now held by : East Sussex.

Table 1: List of Places in Hastings Registration District

All the Sussex parishes in Hastings registration district became part of the new county of East Sussex on 1.4.1889.

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
All Saints	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
All Saints	East Sussex	1889	1909
Blacklands	East Sussex	1894	1897	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Ore in Hastings County Borough. Abolished 9.11.1897 and incorporated into the parish of St. Helens.
Fairlight	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (d).
Fairlight	East Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Guestling	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (d).
Guestling	East Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Hastings	East Sussex	1909	1974	Created 1.4.1909 from the parishes of St. Mary Magdalen, St. Mary in the Castle, St. Leonards, All Saints, St. Helens, St. Matthew, Holy Trinity, St. Clement, St. Andrew, St. Michael on the Rock, and St. Mary Bulverhythe. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Holy Trinity	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
Holy Trinity	East Sussex	1889	1909
Ore	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (d).
Ore	East Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
Pett	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (d).
Pett	East Sussex	1889	1935	See Table 2, note (d).
St. Andrew	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
St. Andrew	East Sussex	1889	1909
St. Clement	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
St. Clement	East Sussex	1889	1909
St. Helens	East Sussex	1897	1909	Created 9.11.1897 out of the parishes of Blacklands and Ore. Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
St. Leonards	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
St. Leonards	East Sussex	1889	1909
St. Mary Bulverhythe	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings. See also Table 2, note (a).
St. Mary Bulverhythe	East Sussex	1889	1909
St. Mary in the Castle	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
St. Mary in the Castle	East Sussex	1889	1909
St. Mary Magdalen	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
St. Mary Magdalen	East Sussex	1889	1909
St. Matthew	East Sussex	1894	1889	Created 1894 from the rural parts of the parishes of St. Leonards and St. Mary in the Castle. Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings. See also Table 2, note (b).
St. Michael on the Rock	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1909 and incorporated into the parish of Hastings.
St. Michael on the Rock	East Sussex	1889	1909

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Hastings Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.6.1895	(a)	Gained part of the parish of St. Mary Bulverhythe (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Bexhill) from Battle registration district.	0 in 1891
1.12.1897	(b)	Lost parts of the parish of St. Matthew (which became parts of the parishes of Hollington St. John and Hollington Rural on 9.11.1897) to Battle registration district.	63 in 1891
1.4.1925	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Hastings (which until 1.4.1925 formed the parish of Hollington St. John) from Battle registration district.	1782 in 1921
1.4.1935	(d)	Lost the parishes of Fairlight, Guestling, Ore, and Pett, to Battle registration district.	2488 in 1931
1.4.1938	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Hastings (which until 1.4.1938 formed parts of the parishes of Fairlight, Guestling, Hollington Rural, and Ore) from Battle registration district.

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