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District: Shifnal

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

Shifnal Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 1935.

Counties

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

Shifnal Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Shropshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to SEPTEMBER 1935
Staffordshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to SEPTEMBER 1935

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Shifnal Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Shifnal Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 18
Year 1852 to 1945 6a
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. Shifnal 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 Shifnal Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Shifnal Registration District:

Statistics for Shifnal Registration District
Total Births 31026
Total Deaths 17180
Total Marriages 19177

Pages

The Shifnal 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 Shifnal

There is more information about Shifnal 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.