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District: Wolverhampton

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

Wolverhampton Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until the present day.

Counties

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

Wolverhampton Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Shropshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Staffordshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
West Midlands (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Wolverhampton Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Wolverhampton Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 17
Year 1852 to 1945 6b
Year 1946 to 1965 9b
Year 1966 to 1973 9b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 34

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Wolverhampton Registration District may have come into existence at any date within the first date range specified. 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 Wolverhampton Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Wolverhampton Registration District:

Statistics for Wolverhampton Registration District
Total Births 804405
Total Deaths 470564
Total Marriages 461733

Pages

The Wolverhampton 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) 077

Further information on Wolverhampton

There is more information about Wolverhampton 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.