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District: Kings Lynn

This is the information we hold about the Kings Lynn Registration District.

Kings Lynn Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2011.

Counties

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

Kings Lynn Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Norfolk From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Kings Lynn Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Kings Lynn Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 13
Year 1852 to 1945 4b
Year 1946 to 1965 4b
Year 1966 to 1973 4b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 10

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Kings Lynn Registration District:

Statistics for Kings Lynn Registration District
Total Births 143342
Total Deaths 97920
Total Marriages 98477

Pages

The Kings Lynn 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) 637

Further information on Kings Lynn

There is more information about Kings Lynn 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.