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District: Selby

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

Selby Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 1998.

Counties

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

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

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Selby Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Selby Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 23
Year 1852 to 1945 9c
Year 1946 to 1965 2c
Year 1966 to 1973 2c
Year 1974 to 1993_4 2

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Selby Registration District:

Statistics for Selby Registration District
Total Births 54728
Total Deaths 50208
Total Marriages 44796

Pages

The Selby 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) 656

Further information on Selby

There is more information about Selby 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.