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District: Wirral

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

Wirral Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1974.

Counties

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

Wirral Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Cheshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Wirral Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Wirral Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 19
Year 1852 to 1945 8a
Year 1946 to 1965 10a
Year 1966 to 1973 10a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Wirral Registration District:

Statistics for Wirral Registration District
Total Births 219069
Total Deaths 116347
Total Marriages 130244

Pages

The Wirral 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

Alternate names for District
  • wirral

Further information on Wirral

There is more information about Wirral 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.