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District: Blackburn

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

Blackburn Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1998.

Counties

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

Blackburn Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Blackburn Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Blackburn Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 21
Year 1852 to 1945 8e
Year 1946 to 1965 10b
Year 1966 to 1973 10b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 40

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Blackburn Registration District:

Statistics for Blackburn Registration District
Total Births 658676
Total Deaths 420949
Total Marriages 473399

Pages

The Blackburn 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) 580

Further information on Blackburn

There is more information about Blackburn 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.