Horsham Registration District

HORSHAM REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Sussex.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Sub-districts : Billingshurst, Horsham, Horsham & Billingshurst, North Horsham, South Horsham, West Horsham.
GRO volumes : VII (1837–51), 2b (1852–1946), 5H (1946–74).
Registers now held by : West Sussex.

Table 1: List of Places in Horsham Registration District

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

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Billingshurst	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Billingshurst	West Sussex	1889	1974	See Table 2, notes (b) and (h).
Cowfold	West Sussex	1897	1974	See Table 2, note (g).
Crawley	Sussex	1880	1889	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Crawley	West Sussex	1889	1974	See Table 2, notes (e) and (i).
Horsham	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (d).
Horsham	West Sussex	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (d).
Horsham Rural	West Sussex	1894	1974	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Horsham.
Ifield	Sussex	1837	1889	Abolished 1.4.1933 and incorporated into the parish of Crawley.
Ifield	West Sussex	1889	1933
Itchingfield	Sussex	1837	1889
Itchingfield	West Sussex	1889	1974
Lower Beeding	Sussex	1837	1889
Lower Beeding	West Sussex	1889	1974
Nuthurst	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (c).
Nuthurst	West Sussex	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
Rudgwick	Sussex	1870	1889	See Table 2, note (a).
Rudgwick	West Sussex	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Rusper	Sussex	1837	1889
Rusper	West Sussex	1889	1974
Shipley	Sussex	1837	1889
Shipley	West Sussex	1889	1974
Slinfold	Sussex	1837	1889
Slinfold	West Sussex	1889	1974
Warnham	Sussex	1837	1889
Warnham	West Sussex	1889	1974
West Grinstead	Sussex	1837	1889	See Table 2, note (f).
West Grinstead	West Sussex	1889	1974	See Table 2, note (f).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Horsham Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.1.1870	(a)	Gained the parish of Rudgwick from Petworth registration district.	1068 in 1861
1.4.1870	(b)	Gained the parish of Billingshurst from Petworth registration district.	1495 in 1861
20.12.1877	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Nuthurst (which until 20.12.1877 formed a detached part of the parish of Broadwater) from East Preston registration district.	24 in 1881
26.7.1878	(d)	Gained parts of the parish of Horsham (which until 26.7.1878 formed two detached parts of the parish of Sullington) from Thakeham registration district.	103 in 1881
1.10.1880	(e)	Gained the parish of Crawley from East Grinstead registration district.	505 in 1871
24.3.1883	(f)	Gained part of the parish of West Grinstead (which until 24.3.1883 formed a detached part of the parish of Ashurst, including Upper Rosbrooks Farm) from Steyning registration district.	4 in 1881
1.7.1897	(g)	Gained the parish of Cowfold from Cuckfield registration district.	945 in 1891
1.4.1935	(h)	Gained part of the parish of Billingshurst (whch until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Pulborough) from Thakeham registration district.	140 in 1931
1.4.1953	(i)	Gained parts of the parish of Crawley (which until 1.4.1953 formed parts of the parishes of Slaugham and Worth) from Cuckfield registration district.

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