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District: Dartford

This is the information we hold about the Dartford Registration District.

Dartford Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until December 1979.

Counties

Dartford Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.

Dartford Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Kent From SEPTEMBER 1837 to DECEMBER 1979

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Dartford Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Dartford Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 5
Year 1852 to 1945 2a
Year 1946 to 1965 5b
Year 1966 to 1973 5f
Year 1974 to 1993_4 16

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Dartford Registration District may have come into existence at any date within the first date range specified, and abolished at any date within the last date range. See the top of the page for the exact dates when the District was active.

Personal names

Here are links to pages listing all the distinct forenames and surnames found in Dartford Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Dartford Registration District:

Statistics for Dartford Registration District
Total Births 367679
Total Deaths 255813
Total Marriages 217719

Pages

The Dartford Page Map shows the expected volume number, and the ranges of page numbers encountered in the data, for each event type (birth, marriage and death) and quarter.

Further information on Dartford

There is more information about Dartford on the UKBMD website. Please note that during the period this Registration District name was used there could be changes in which places were included within the district. The UKBMD page includes information on these changes.