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District: Witney

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

Witney Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 1982.

Counties

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

Witney Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Berkshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1982
Gloucestershire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1982
Oxfordshire From SEPTEMBER 1837 to MARCH 1982

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Witney Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Witney Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 16
Year 1852 to 1945 3a
Year 1946 to 1965 6b
Year 1966 to 1973 6b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 20

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Witney Registration District:

Statistics for Witney Registration District
Total Births 71422
Total Deaths 56009
Total Marriages 47472

Pages

The Witney 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 Witney

There is more information about Witney 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.