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District: Stockport

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

Stockport Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until the present day.

Counties

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

Stockport Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Cheshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Greater Manchester (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Stockport Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Stockport Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 19
Year 1852 to 1945 8a
Year 1946 to 1965 10a
Year 1966 to 1973 10a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 39

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Stockport Registration District:

Statistics for Stockport Registration District
Total Births 570511
Total Deaths 404119
Total Marriages 429782

Pages

The Stockport 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) 013

Further information on Stockport

There is more information about Stockport 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.