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District: Gravesend

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

Gravesend Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1941.

Counties

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

Gravesend Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Kent From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1941

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Gravesend Registration District, by date.

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

These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Gravesend 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.

Personal names

Here are links to pages listing all the distinct forenames and surnames found in Gravesend Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Gravesend Registration District:

Statistics for Gravesend Registration District
Total Births 67459
Total Deaths 42683
Total Marriages 44758

Pages

The Gravesend 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

Alternate names for District
  • gravesend

Further information on Gravesend

There is more information about Gravesend 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.