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District: Wandsworth

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

Wandsworth Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until the present day.

Counties

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

Wandsworth Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Greater London (from Jun1965) From JUNE 1965
London (to Mar1965) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1965
Surrey From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Wandsworth Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Wandsworth Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 4
Year 1852 to 1945 1d
Year 1946 to 1965 5d
Year 1966 to 1973 5e
Year 1974 to 1993_4 15

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Wandsworth Registration District:

Statistics for Wandsworth Registration District
Total Births 870850
Total Deaths 755507
Total Marriages 599183

Pages

The Wandsworth 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) 256

Further information on Wandsworth

There is more information about Wandsworth 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.