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District: Brecknock

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

Brecknock Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2009.

Counties

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

Brecknock Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Breconshire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974
Powys (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Brecknock Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Brecknock Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 26
Year 1852 to 1945 11b
Year 1946 to 1965 8a
Year 1966 to 1973 8a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 26

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Brecknock Registration District:

Statistics for Brecknock Registration District
Total Births 53632
Total Deaths 37178
Total Marriages 40447

Pages

The Brecknock 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) 866

Further information on Brecknock

There is more information about Brecknock 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.