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District: Chippenham

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

Chippenham Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2008.

Counties

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

Chippenham Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Wiltshire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Chippenham Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Chippenham Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 8
Year 1852 to 1945 5a
Year 1946 to 1965 7c
Year 1966 to 1973 7c
Year 1974 to 1993_4 23

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Chippenham Registration District:

Statistics for Chippenham Registration District
Total Births 100224
Total Deaths 93469
Total Marriages 69757

Pages

The Chippenham 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) 788

Further information on Chippenham

There is more information about Chippenham 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.