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District: Darlington

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

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

Counties

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

Darlington Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Co. Durham From SEPTEMBER 1837
North Riding of Yorkshire (to Mar1974) From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1974

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Darlington Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Darlington Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 24
Year 1852 to 1945 10a
Year 1946 to 1965 1a
Year 1966 to 1973 1a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 1

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Darlington Registration District:

Statistics for Darlington Registration District
Total Births 242511
Total Deaths 173567
Total Marriages 153403

Pages

The Darlington 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) 436

Further information on Darlington

There is more information about Darlington 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.