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District: Horwich

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

Horwich Registration District has been in existence from December 1935 until December 1967.

Counties

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

Horwich Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lancashire From DECEMBER 1935 to DECEMBER 1967

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Horwich Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Horwich Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 8c
Year 1946 to 1965 10c
Year 1966 to 1973 10c
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Horwich Registration District:

Statistics for Horwich Registration District
Total Births 98801
Total Deaths 99161
Total Marriages 64864

Pages

The Horwich 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 Horwich

There is more information about Horwich 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.