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District: Greenwich

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

Greenwich Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until the present day.

Counties

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

Greenwich Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Greater London (from Jun1965) From JUNE 1965
Kent From SEPTEMBER 1837
London (to Mar1965) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1965

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Greenwich Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Greenwich Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 5
Year 1852 to 1945 1d
Year 1946 to 1965 5c
Year 1966 to 1973 5b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 12

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Greenwich Registration District:

Statistics for Greenwich Registration District
Total Births 603163
Total Deaths 350694
Total Marriages 420247

Pages

The Greenwich 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) 229

Further information on Greenwich

There is more information about Greenwich 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.