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District: Salford

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

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

Counties

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

Salford 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 Salford Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Salford Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 20
Year 1852 to 1945 8d
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. Salford 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 Salford Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Salford Registration District:

Statistics for Salford Registration District
Total Births 781652
Total Deaths 452940
Total Marriages 535871

Pages

The Salford 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) 011

Further information on Salford

There is more information about Salford 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.