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District: Southwark

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

Southwark Registration District has been in existence from June 1901 until the present day.

Counties

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

Southwark Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Greater London (from Jun1965) From JUNE 1965
London (to Mar1965) From JUNE 1901 to MARCH 1965

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Southwark Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Southwark Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 1d
Year 1946 to 1965 5d
Year 1966 to 1973 5e
Year 1974 to 1993_4 15

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Southwark Registration District:

Statistics for Southwark Registration District
Total Births 275231
Total Deaths 262857
Total Marriages 165107

Pages

The Southwark 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) 251
Alternate names for District
  • southwark

Further information on Southwark

There is more information about Southwark 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.