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District: Chichester

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

Chichester Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2010.

Counties

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

Chichester Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Sussex (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974
West Sussex (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Chichester Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Chichester Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 7
Year 1852 to 1945 2b
Year 1946 to 1965 5h
Year 1966 to 1973 5h
Year 1974 to 1993_4 18

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Chichester Registration District:

Statistics for Chichester Registration District
Total Births 116618
Total Deaths 127288
Total Marriages 142236

Pages

The Chichester 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) 779

Further information on Chichester

There is more information about Chichester 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.