District: Shrewsbury
This is the information we hold about the Shrewsbury Registration District.
Shrewsbury Registration District has been in existence from December 1935 until September 2005.
Counties
Shrewsbury Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
| County | Date range |
|---|---|
| Shropshire | From DECEMBER 1935 |
Volumes
Volume numbers used in Shrewsbury Registration District, by date.
| Date range | Volume |
|---|---|
| Year 1837 to 1851 | - |
| Year 1852 to 1945 | 6a |
| Year 1946 to 1965 | 9a |
| Year 1966 to 1973 | 9a |
| Year 1974 to 1993_4 | 30 |
These date ranges reflect major reorganisations of the G.R.O.'s volume numbering system. Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury Registration District:
- Birth Forenames (53264 names)
- Birth Surnames (22834 names)
- Death Forenames (23291 names)
- Death Surnames (10018 names)
- Marriage Forenames (15132 names)
- Marriage Surnames (10584 names)
Statistics
Statistics specific to Shrewsbury Registration District:
| Total Births | 170424 |
|---|---|
| Total Deaths | 73623 |
| Total Marriages | 83364 |
Pages
The Shrewsbury 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) | 715 |
|---|---|
| Alternate names for District |
|
Further information on Shrewsbury
There is more information about Shrewsbury 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.