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District: Folkestone

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

Folkestone Registration District has been in existence from June 1941 until March 1974.

Counties

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

Folkestone Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Kent From JUNE 1941 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Folkestone Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Folkestone Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 2a
Year 1946 to 1965 5b
Year 1966 to 1973 5f
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Folkestone Registration District:

Statistics for Folkestone Registration District
Total Births 34081
Total Deaths 38250
Total Marriages 32246

Pages

The Folkestone 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

Alternate names for District
  • folkestone

Further information on Folkestone

There is more information about Folkestone 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.