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District: Alcester

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

Alcester Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 1985.

Counties

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

Alcester Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Warwickshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to SEPTEMBER 1985
Worcestershire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Alcester Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Alcester Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 16
Year 1852 to 1945 6d
Year 1946 to 1965 9c
Year 1966 to 1973 9c
Year 1974 to 1993_4 31

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Alcester Registration District:

Statistics for Alcester Registration District
Total Births 89852
Total Deaths 67828
Total Marriages 30501

Pages

The Alcester 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 Alcester

There is more information about Alcester 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.