Back to overview

District: Chorley

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

Chorley Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until June 2005.

Counties

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

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

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Chorley Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Chorley Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 21
Year 1852 to 1945 8e
Year 1946 to 1965 10c
Year 1966 to 1973 10c
Year 1974 to 1993_4 40

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Chorley Registration District:

Statistics for Chorley Registration District
Total Births 210809
Total Deaths 163857
Total Marriages 151012

Pages

The Chorley 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) 583

Further information on Chorley

There is more information about Chorley 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.