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District: Biggleswade

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

Biggleswade Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until June 1999.

Counties

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

Biggleswade Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Bedfordshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Hertfordshire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Biggleswade Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Biggleswade Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 6
Year 1852 to 1945 3b
Year 1946 to 1965 4a
Year 1966 to 1973 4a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 9

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Biggleswade Registration District:

Statistics for Biggleswade Registration District
Total Births 89009
Total Deaths 77079
Total Marriages 76503

Pages

The Biggleswade 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) 310

Further information on Biggleswade

There is more information about Biggleswade 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.