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District: Ashford

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

Ashford Registration District has been in existence from June 1941 until March 1998.

Counties

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

Ashford Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Kent From JUNE 1941

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Ashford Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Ashford Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 2a
Year 1946 to 1965 5b
Year 1966 to 1973 5f
Year 1974 to 1993_4 16

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Ashford Registration District:

Statistics for Ashford Registration District
Total Births 90767
Total Deaths 60975
Total Marriages 52357

Pages

The Ashford 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) 558
Alternate names for District
  • ashford

Further information on Ashford

There is more information about Ashford 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.