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District: Nelson

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

Nelson Registration District has been in existence from June 1936 until March 1974.

Counties

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

Nelson Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lancashire From JUNE 1936 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Nelson Registration District, by date.

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

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Nelson Registration District:

Statistics for Nelson Registration District
Total Births 40184
Total Deaths 57951
Total Marriages 38292

Pages

The Nelson 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
  • nelson

Further information on Nelson

There is more information about Nelson 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.