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District: Horncastle

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

Horncastle Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2003.

Counties

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

Horncastle Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lincolnshire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Horncastle Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Horncastle Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 14
Year 1852 to 1945 7a
Year 1946 to 1965 3b
Year 1966 to 1973 3b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 7

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Horncastle Registration District:

Statistics for Horncastle Registration District
Total Births 63937
Total Deaths 45107
Total Marriages 44576

Pages

The Horncastle 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) 617

Further information on Horncastle

There is more information about Horncastle 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.