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District: Chester & Ellesmere Port

This is the information we hold about the Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District.

Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District has been in existence from June 1974 until March 1998.

Counties

Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.

Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Cheshire From JUNE 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 -
Year 1946 to 1965 -
Year 1966 to 1973 -
Year 1974 to 1993_4 35

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Chester and Ellesmere Port 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 Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District:

Statistics for Chester and Ellesmere Port Registration District
Total Births 95306
Total Deaths 67911
Total Marriages 44980

Pages

The Chester and Ellesmere Port 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) 340
Alternate names for District
  • cheshire & ellesmere port

Further information on Chester and Ellesmere Port

There is more information about Chester and Ellesmere Port 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.