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District: Ashton & Oldham

This is the information we hold about the Ashton and Oldham Registration District.

Ashton and Oldham Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1848.

Counties

Ashton and Oldham Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.

Ashton and Oldham Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Cheshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1848
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1848

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Ashton and Oldham Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Ashton and Oldham Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 20
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. Ashton and Oldham 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 Ashton and Oldham Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Ashton and Oldham Registration District:

Statistics for Ashton and Oldham Registration District
Total Births 5983
Total Deaths 2574
Total Marriages 3890

Pages

The Ashton and Oldham 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
  • ashton under lyne
  • ashton & oldham

Further information on Ashton and Oldham

There is more information about Ashton and Oldham 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.