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District: Wisbech

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

Wisbech Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until June 1980.

Counties

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

Wisbech Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Cambridgeshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to JUNE 1980
Norfolk From SEPTEMBER 1837 to JUNE 1980

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Wisbech Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Wisbech Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 14
Year 1852 to 1945 3b
Year 1946 to 1965 4a
Year 1966 to 1973 4a
Year 1974 to 1993_4 9

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Wisbech Registration District:

Statistics for Wisbech Registration District
Total Births 134505
Total Deaths 77528
Total Marriages 82079

Pages

The Wisbech 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 Wisbech

There is more information about Wisbech 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.