District: Chatham
This is the information we hold about the Chatham Registration District.
Chatham Registration District has been in existence from June 1941 until March 1998.
Counties
Chatham Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
| County | Date range |
|---|---|
| Kent | From JUNE 1941 |
Volumes
Volume numbers used in Chatham Registration District, by date.
| Date range | Volume |
|---|---|
| Year 1837 to 1851 | - |
| 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. Chatham 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. 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 Chatham Registration District:
- Birth Forenames (64893 names)
- Birth Surnames (33456 names)
- Death Forenames (34464 names)
- Death Surnames (15586 names)
- Marriage Forenames (30694 names)
- Marriage Surnames (23661 names)
Statistics
Statistics specific to Chatham Registration District:
| Total Births | 246839 |
|---|---|
| Total Deaths | 197764 |
| Total Marriages | 125993 |
Pages
The Chatham 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) | 561 |
|---|
Further information on Chatham
There is more information about Chatham 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.