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District: Axminster

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

Axminster Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until June 1936.

Counties

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

Axminster Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Devon From SEPTEMBER 1837 to JUNE 1936
Dorset From SEPTEMBER 1837 to JUNE 1936

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Axminster Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Axminster Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 10
Year 1852 to 1945 5b
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. Axminster 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 Axminster Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Axminster Registration District:

Statistics for Axminster Registration District
Total Births 31629
Total Deaths 20878
Total Marriages 14674

Pages

The Axminster 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 Axminster

There is more information about Axminster 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.