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District: West Somerset

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

West Somerset Registration District has been in existence from June 1974 until December 2007.

Counties

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

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

Volumes

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

Volume numbers used in West Somerset 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 23

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to West Somerset Registration District:

Statistics for West Somerset Registration District
Total Births 293
Total Deaths 9331
Total Marriages 7766

Pages

The West Somerset 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) 725

Further information on West Somerset

There is more information about West Somerset 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.