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District: Weardale

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

Weardale Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until June 1938.

Counties

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

Weardale Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Co. Durham From SEPTEMBER 1837 to JUNE 1938

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Weardale Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Weardale Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 24
Year 1852 to 1945 10a
Year 1946 to 1965 -
Year 1966 to 1973 -
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Weardale Registration District:

Statistics for Weardale Registration District
Total Births 47795
Total Deaths 23582
Total Marriages 28296

Pages

The Weardale 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 Weardale

There is more information about Weardale 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.