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District: Oswestry

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

Oswestry Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 2005.

Counties

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

Oswestry Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Denbighshire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974
Shropshire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Oswestry Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Oswestry Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 18
Year 1852 to 1945 6a
Year 1946 to 1965 9a
Year 1966 to 1973 9a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 30

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Oswestry Registration District:

Statistics for Oswestry Registration District
Total Births 38705
Total Deaths 24100
Total Marriages 26798

Pages

The Oswestry 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) 714

Further information on Oswestry

There is more information about Oswestry 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.