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District: Gainsborough

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

Gainsborough Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until March 2003.

Counties

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

Gainsborough Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Lincolnshire From SEPTEMBER 1837
Nottinghamshire From SEPTEMBER 1837

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Gainsborough Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Gainsborough Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 14
Year 1852 to 1945 7a
Year 1946 to 1965 3b
Year 1966 to 1973 3b
Year 1974 to 1993_4 7

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Gainsborough Registration District:

Statistics for Gainsborough Registration District
Total Births 114722
Total Deaths 77542
Total Marriages 74594

Pages

The Gainsborough 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) 615

Further information on Gainsborough

There is more information about Gainsborough 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.