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District: Taunton

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

Taunton Registration District has been in existence from June 1996 until December 2007.

Counties

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

Taunton Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Somerset From JUNE 1996

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Taunton Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Taunton Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 -
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. Taunton 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 Taunton Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Taunton Registration District:

Statistics for Taunton Registration District
Total Births 1722
Total Deaths 569
Total Marriages 380

Pages

The Taunton 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) 724
Alternate names for District
  • taunton

Further information on Taunton

There is more information about Taunton 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.