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District: Peterborough

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

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

Counties

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

Peterborough Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Cambridgeshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Huntingdonshire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974
Lincolnshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Northamptonshire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Peterborough Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Peterborough Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 15
Year 1852 to 1945 3b
Year 1946 to 1965 3b
Year 1966 to 1973 4b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 9

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Peterborough Registration District:

Statistics for Peterborough Registration District
Total Births 270403
Total Deaths 177453
Total Marriages 143662

Pages

The Peterborough 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) 335

Further information on Peterborough

There is more information about Peterborough 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.