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District: Bridport

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

Bridport Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until December 1958.

Counties

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

Bridport Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Dorset From SEPTEMBER 1837 to DECEMBER 1958

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Bridport Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Bridport Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 8
Year 1852 to 1945 5a
Year 1946 to 1965 6a
Year 1966 to 1973 -
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to Bridport Registration District:

Statistics for Bridport Registration District
Total Births 46359
Total Deaths 31444
Total Marriages 34541

Pages

The Bridport 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

Alternate names for District
  • bridport

Further information on Bridport

There is more information about Bridport 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.