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District: Bury

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

Bury Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until the present day.

Counties

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

Bury Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Greater Manchester (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974
Lancashire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Bury Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Bury Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 21
Year 1852 to 1945 8c
Year 1946 to 1965 10b
Year 1966 to 1973 10b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 38

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Bury Registration District:

Statistics for Bury Registration District
Total Births 461964
Total Deaths 292482
Total Marriages 325108

Pages

The Bury 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) 003

Further information on Bury

There is more information about Bury 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.