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District: Doncaster

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

Doncaster Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until the present day.

Counties

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

Doncaster Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lincolnshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Nottinghamshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
South Yorkshire (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974
West Riding of Yorkshire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Doncaster Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Doncaster Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 22
Year 1852 to 1945 9c
Year 1946 to 1965 2b
Year 1966 to 1973 2b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 3

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Doncaster Registration District may have come into existence at any date within the first date range specified. See the top of the page for the exact dates when the District was active. After 1993, volumes were replaced by District Numbers (see Other Information below).

Personal names

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Doncaster Registration District:

Statistics for Doncaster Registration District
Total Births 478684
Total Deaths 295101
Total Marriages 252040

Pages

The Doncaster 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.

Other information

GRO District Number (post 1993) 042

Further information on Doncaster

There is more information about Doncaster 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.