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District: East Dorset

This is the information we hold about the East Dorset Registration District.

East Dorset Registration District has been in existence from June 1997 until December 2005.

Counties

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

East Dorset Registration District has been part of the following counties, by date.
County Date range
Dorset From JUNE 1997

Volumes

Volume numbers used in East Dorset Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in East Dorset Registration District, by date.
Date range Volume
Year 1837 to 1851 -
Year 1852 to 1945 -
Year 1946 to 1965 -
Year 1966 to 1973 -
Year 1974 to 1993_4 -

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

Statistics

Statistics specific to East Dorset Registration District:

Statistics for East Dorset Registration District
Total Births 85645
Total Deaths 113462
Total Marriages 120

Pages

The East Dorset 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) 426

Further information on East Dorset

There is more information about East Dorset 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.