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District: St Helens

This is the information we hold about the St Helens Registration District.

St Helens Registration District has been in existence from September 1935 until the present day.

Counties

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

St Helens Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1935
Merseyside (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in St Helens Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in St Helens Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 8b
Year 1946 to 1965 10f
Year 1966 to 1973 10f
Year 1974 to 1993_4 37

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. St Helens Registration District may have come into existence at any date within the first date range specified. 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 St Helens Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to St Helens Registration District:

Statistics for St Helens Registration District
Total Births 75329
Total Deaths 130668
Total Marriages 75230

Pages

The St Helens 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) 030

Further information on St Helens

There is more information about St Helens 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.