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District: Oldham

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

Oldham Registration District has been in existence from June 1848 until the present day.

Counties

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

Oldham Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Greater Manchester (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974
Lancashire From JUNE 1848

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Oldham Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Oldham Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 20
Year 1852 to 1945 8d
Year 1946 to 1965 10f
Year 1966 to 1973 10f
Year 1974 to 1993_4 39

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Oldham Registration District may have come into existence at any date within the first date range specified. 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 Oldham Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Oldham Registration District:

Statistics for Oldham Registration District
Total Births 244501
Total Deaths 154512
Total Marriages 172332

Pages

The 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

GRO District Number (post 1993) 007

Further information on Oldham

There is more information about 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.