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District: Ely

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

Ely Registration District has been in existence from September 1837 until September 2007.

Counties

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

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

Volumes

Volume numbers used in Ely Registration District, by date.

Volume numbers used in Ely 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. Ely 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 Ely Registration District:

Statistics

Statistics specific to Ely Registration District:

Statistics for Ely Registration District
Total Births 102664
Total Deaths 59223
Total Marriages 55695

Pages

The Ely 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) 332

Further information on Ely

There is more information about Ely 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.