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District: Reading

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

Reading Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1974.

Counties

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

Reading Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Berkshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Reading Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Reading Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 6
Year 1852 to 1945 2c
Year 1946 to 1965 6a
Year 1966 to 1973 6a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Reading 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.

Personal names

Here are links to pages listing all the distinct forenames and surnames found in Reading Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Reading Registration District:

Statistics for Reading Registration District
Total Births 275797
Total Deaths 185989
Total Marriages 152767

Pages

The Reading 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

Alternate names for District
  • reading

Further information on Reading

There is more information about Reading 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.