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District: Rochdale

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

Rochdale Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until the present day.

Counties

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

Rochdale Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Greater Manchester (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Rochdale Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Rochdale Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 21
Year 1852 to 1945 8e
Year 1946 to 1965 10f
Year 1966 to 1973 10f
Year 1974 to 1993_4 39

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Rochdale Registration District:

Statistics for Rochdale Registration District
Total Births 367548
Total Deaths 315623
Total Marriages 292473

Pages

The Rochdale 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) 009

Further information on Rochdale

There is more information about Rochdale 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.