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District: Wantage

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

Wantage Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 2001.

Counties

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

Wantage Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Berkshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Oxfordshire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Wantage Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Wantage Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 6
Year 1852 to 1945 2c
Year 1946 to 1965 6a
Year 1966 to 1973 6a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 20

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Wantage Registration District:

Statistics for Wantage Registration District
Total Births 45958
Total Deaths 25212
Total Marriages 26836

Pages

The Wantage 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) 705

Further information on Wantage

There is more information about Wantage 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.