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District: Exeter

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

Exeter Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2007.

Counties

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

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

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Exeter Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Exeter Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 10
Year 1852 to 1945 5b
Year 1946 to 1965 7a
Year 1966 to 1973 7a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 21

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Exeter Registration District:

Statistics for Exeter Registration District
Total Births 237778
Total Deaths 195941
Total Marriages 194145

Pages

The Exeter 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) 408

Further information on Exeter

There is more information about Exeter 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.