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District: New Forest

This is the information we hold about the New Forest Registration District.

New Forest Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2008.

Counties

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

New Forest Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Hampshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Wiltshire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in New Forest Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in New Forest Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 8
Year 1852 to 1945 2b
Year 1946 to 1965 6b
Year 1966 to 1973 6b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 20

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to New Forest Registration District:

Statistics for New Forest Registration District
Total Births 96728
Total Deaths 102234
Total Marriages 77152

Pages

The New Forest 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) 494

Further information on New Forest

There is more information about New Forest 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.