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District: Rotherham

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

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

Counties

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

Rotherham Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Derbyshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
South Yorkshire (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974
West Riding of Yorkshire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Rotherham Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Rotherham Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 22
Year 1852 to 1945 9c
Year 1946 to 1965 2c
Year 1966 to 1973 2c
Year 1974 to 1993_4 3

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Rotherham Registration District:

Statistics for Rotherham Registration District
Total Births 439240
Total Deaths 292005
Total Marriages 248539

Pages

The Rotherham 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) 045

Further information on Rotherham

There is more information about Rotherham 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.