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District: West Derby

This is the information we hold about the West Derby Registration District.

West Derby Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 1934.

Counties

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

West Derby Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to SEPTEMBER 1934

Volumes

Volume numbers used in West Derby Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in West Derby Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 20
Year 1852 to 1945 8b
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. West Derby 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 West Derby Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to West Derby Registration District:

Statistics for West Derby Registration District
Total Births 1260947
Total Deaths 604231
Total Marriages 771465

Pages

The West Derby 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 West Derby

There is more information about West Derby 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.