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District: Launceston

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

Launceston Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until June 2007.

Counties

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

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

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Launceston Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Launceston Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 9
Year 1852 to 1945 5c
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. Launceston 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 Launceston Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Launceston Registration District:

Statistics for Launceston Registration District
Total Births 49021
Total Deaths 32098
Total Marriages 35765

Pages

The Launceston 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) 362

Further information on Launceston

There is more information about Launceston 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.