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District: Burnley

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

Burnley Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1974.

Counties

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

Burnley Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974
West Riding of Yorkshire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Burnley Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Burnley 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 -

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Burnley 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.

Personal names

Here are links to pages listing all the distinct forenames and surnames found in Burnley Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Burnley Registration District:

Statistics for Burnley Registration District
Total Births 446974
Total Deaths 303337
Total Marriages 321392

Pages

The Burnley 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.

Further information on Burnley

There is more information about Burnley 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.