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District: Wigan

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

Wigan Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 1995.

Counties

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

Wigan Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Greater Manchester (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Wigan Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Wigan Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 21
Year 1852 to 1945 8c
Year 1946 to 1965 10f
Year 1966 to 1973 10f
Year 1974 to 1993_4 39

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Wigan Registration District:

Statistics for Wigan Registration District
Total Births 626613
Total Deaths 362126
Total Marriages 393461

Pages

The Wigan 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) 018

Further information on Wigan

There is more information about Wigan 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.