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District: Sherborne

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

Sherborne Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1937.

Counties

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

Sherborne Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Dorset From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1937
Somerset From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1937

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Sherborne Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Sherborne Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 8
Year 1852 to 1945 5a
Year 1946 to 1965 -
Year 1966 to 1973 -
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Sherborne Registration District:

Statistics for Sherborne Registration District
Total Births 32070
Total Deaths 17826
Total Marriages 20971

Pages

The Sherborne 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.

Further information on Sherborne

There is more information about Sherborne 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.