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District: Leeds

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

Leeds Registration District has been in existence from June 1939 until the present day.

Counties

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

Leeds Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
West Riding of Yorkshire (to Mar1974) From JUNE 1939 to MARCH 1974
West Yorkshire (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Leeds Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Leeds Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 9b
Year 1946 to 1965 2c
Year 1966 to 1973 2c
Year 1974 to 1993_4 5

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Leeds Registration District:

Statistics for Leeds Registration District
Total Births 573332
Total Deaths 543419
Total Marriages 403439

Pages

The Leeds 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) 092
Alternate names for District
  • leeds

Further information on Leeds

There is more information about Leeds 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.