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District: Cockermouth

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

Cockermouth Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until December 2011.

Counties

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

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

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Cockermouth Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Cockermouth Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 25
Year 1852 to 1945 10b
Year 1946 to 1965 1a
Year 1966 to 1973 1a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 1

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Cockermouth Registration District:

Statistics for Cockermouth Registration District
Total Births 217809
Total Deaths 149859
Total Marriages 144154

Pages

The Cockermouth 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) 376

Further information on Cockermouth

There is more information about Cockermouth 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.