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District: Frome

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

Frome Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1974.

Counties

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

Frome Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Somerset From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Frome Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Frome Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 10
Year 1852 to 1945 5c
Year 1946 to 1965 7c
Year 1966 to 1973 7c
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Frome Registration District:

Statistics for Frome Registration District
Total Births 203586
Total Deaths 184148
Total Marriages 179002

Pages

The Frome 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.

Further information on Frome

There is more information about Frome 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.