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District: West Lancashire

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

West Lancashire Registration District has been in existence from June 1974 until June 2005.

Counties

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

West Lancashire Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lancashire From JUNE 1974

Volumes

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

Volume numbers used in West Lancashire Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 -
Year 1946 to 1965 -
Year 1966 to 1973 -
Year 1974 to 1993_4 40

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to West Lancashire Registration District:

Statistics for West Lancashire Registration District
Total Births 32127
Total Deaths 31345
Total Marriages 24398

Pages

The West Lancashire 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) 590

Further information on West Lancashire

There is more information about West Lancashire 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.