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District: Petersfield

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

Petersfield Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2008.

Counties

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

Petersfield Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Hampshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Sussex (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Petersfield Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Petersfield Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 7
Year 1852 to 1945 2c
Year 1946 to 1965 6b
Year 1966 to 1973 6b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 20

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Petersfield Registration District:

Statistics for Petersfield Registration District
Total Births 46923
Total Deaths 48056
Total Marriages 35490

Pages

The Petersfield 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) 496

Further information on Petersfield

There is more information about Petersfield 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.