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District: Forest of Dean

This is the information we hold about the Forest of Dean Registration District.

Forest of Dean Registration District has been in existence from June 1937 until March 2006.

Counties

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

Forest of Dean Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Gloucestershire From JUNE 1937

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Forest of Dean Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Forest of Dean Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 6a
Year 1946 to 1965 7b
Year 1966 to 1973 7b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 22

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Forest of Dean Registration District:

Statistics for Forest of Dean Registration District
Total Births 72068
Total Deaths 47254
Total Marriages 49440

Pages

The Forest of Dean 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) 482

Further information on Forest of Dean

There is more information about Forest of Dean 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.