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District: Barnsley

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

Barnsley Registration District has been in existence from June 1850 until the present day.

Counties

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

Barnsley Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
South Yorkshire (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974
West Riding of Yorkshire (to Mar1974) From JUNE 1850 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Barnsley Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Barnsley Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 22
Year 1852 to 1945 9c
Year 1946 to 1965 2b
Year 1966 to 1973 2b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 3

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Barnsley Registration District:

Statistics for Barnsley Registration District
Total Births 448733
Total Deaths 271729
Total Marriages 247492

Pages

The Barnsley 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) 041

Further information on Barnsley

There is more information about Barnsley 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.