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District: Thornbury

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

Thornbury Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 1981.

Counties

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

Thornbury Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Avon (from Jun1974) From JUNE 1974 to SEPTEMBER 1981
Gloucestershire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to SEPTEMBER 1981

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Thornbury Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Thornbury Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 11
Year 1852 to 1945 6a
Year 1946 to 1965 7b
Year 1966 to 1973 7b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 22

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Thornbury Registration District:

Statistics for Thornbury Registration District
Total Births 62317
Total Deaths 33374
Total Marriages 33787

Pages

The Thornbury 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.

Further information on Thornbury

There is more information about Thornbury 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.