Civil Registration District Numbers, England & Wales

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Civil Registration District Numbers, England & Wales

As of September, 1946 and onwards, Arabic numerals with capital letters were used. Example: 6B in place of 6b.

By Volume Numbers

Vol. Nos.	Years 1837-1851	Vol. Nos.	Years 1852-August 1946
I, II, III	parts of London & all of Middlesex	1a, 1b, 1c	parts of London & parts of Middlesex (see also 3a)
IV	parts of London & all of Surrey	1d	parts of London, parts of Kent, parts of Surrey
V	all of Kent	2a	parts of Kent & parts of Surrey
VI	Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire	2b	parts of Hampshire (Hants) & all of Sussex
VII	parts of Hampshire (Hants) & all of Sussex	2c	parts of Berkshire & parts of Hampshire (Hants)
VIII	parts of Hampshire (Hants), & all of Dorset and Wiltshire	3a	parts of Berkshire, all of Buckinghamshire, all of Hertfordshire, parts of Middlesex (see also 1a, 1b, 1c) & all of Oxfordshire (Oxon)
IX	all of Cornwall & parts of Devonshire	3b	all of Bedfordshire, all of Cambridgeshire, all of Huntingdonshire, parts of Nottinghamshire (see also 7b) & parts of Suffolk
X	parts of Devon & parts of Somerset	4a	all of Essex & parts of Suffolk
XI	parts of Somerset, parts of Gloucestershire ( see also XVIII) & parts of Warwickshire (see also XVI & XVIII)	4b	all of Norfolk
XII	all of Essex & parts of Suffolk	5a	all of Dorset & all of Wiltshire
XIII	all of Norfolk & parts of Suffolk	5b	all of Devonshire
XIV	all of counties Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire	5c	all of Cornwall & all of Somersetshire
XV	all of the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire (Northants), Nottinghamshire & Rutland	6a	all of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Shropshire (Salop)
XVI	all of Oxfordshire (Oxon), parts of Staffordshire (see also XVII & XVIII) & parts of Warwickshire (see also XI & XVIII)	6b	all of Staffordshire, parts of Warwickshire & parts of Worcestershire
XVII	parts of Staffordshire	6c	parts of Warwickshire & parts of Worcestershire
XVIII	parts of Gloucestershire (see also XI), parts of Shropshire (Salop) (see also XXVI), parts of Staffordshire (see also XVI, XVII), parts of Warwickshire (see also XI, XVI) & all of Worcestershire	6d	parts of Warwickshire only (see also 6b, 6c)
XIX	all of the counties of Cheshire & Derbyshire; part of Flintshire (see also XXVII)	7a	all of the counties of Leicestershire, Lincolnshire & Rutland
XX	parts of Lancashire only (see also XXV)	7b	all of Derbyshire & parts of Nottinghamshire (see also 3b)
XXI	parts of Lancashire & parts of Yorkshire	8a	all of Cheshire only
XXII	parts of Yorkshire only	8b	parts of Lancashire only
XXIII	parts of Yorkshire only	8c	parts of Lancashire only
XXIV	all of Durham & parts of Yorkshire	8d	parts of Lancashire only
XXV	all of Cumberland, parts of Lancashire (see also XX, XXI), all of Northumberland & all of Westmorland	8e	parts of Lancashire only
XXVI	Brecknockshire, Carmarthenshire, Glamorganshire, Hereford, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire & parts of Shropshire (Salop) (see also XVIII)	9a	parts of Yorkshire only
XXVII	Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, parts of Flintshire (see also XIX), Denbighshire, Merionethshire & Montgomeryshire	9b	parts of Yorkshire only
		9c	parts of Yorkshire only
		9d	parts of Yorkshire only
		10a	all of Durham only
		10b	all of Cumberland, Northumberland & Westmoreland
		11a	all of Glamorganshire, Monmouthshire & Pembrokeshire
		11b	all of Anglesey, Brecknockshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire & Radnorshire

Volume Numbers by County

County	1837-1851	1852-1946
Anglesey	XXVII	11b
Bedfordshire	VI	3b
Berkshire	VI	2c, 3a
Brecknockshire	XXVI	11b
Buckinghamshire	VI	3a
Caernarvonshire	XXVII	11b
Cambridgeshire	XIV	3b
Cardiganshire	XXVII	11b
Carmarthenshire	XXVI	11a
Cheshire	XIX	8a
Cornwall	IX	5c
Cumberland	XXV	10b
Denbighshire	XXVII	11b
Derbyshire	XIX	7b
Devon	IX, X	5b
Dorset	VIII	5a
Durham	XXIV	10a
Essex	XII	4a
Flintshire	XIX, XXVII	11b
Glamorganshire	XXVI	11a
Gloucestershire	XI, XVIII	6a
Hampshire	VII, VIII	2b, 2c
Herefordshire	XXVI	6a
Hertfordshire	VI	3a
Huntingdonshire	XIV	3b
Kent	V	1d, 2a
Lancashire	XX, XXI, XXV	8b, 8c, 8d, 8e
Leicestershire	XV	7a
Lincolnshire	XIV	7a
London	I, II, III, IV	1a, 1b, 1c, 1d
Merionethshire	XXVII	11b
Middlesex	I, II, III	1a, 1b, 1c, 3a
Monmouthshire	XXVI	11a
Montgomeryshire	XXVII	11b
Norfolk	XIII	4b
Northamptonshire	XV	3b
Northumberland	XXV	10b
Nottinghamshire	XV	7b
Oxfordshire	XVI	3a
Pembrokeshire	XXVI	11a
Radnorshire	XXVI	11b
Rutland	XV	7a
Shropshire	XVIII, XXVI	6a
Somerset	X, XI	5c
Staffordshire	XVI, XVII, XVIII	6b
Suffolk	XII, XIII, XIV	3b, 4a
Surrey	IV	1d, 2a
Sussex	VII	2b
Warwickshire	XI, XVI, XVIII	6b, 6c, 6d
Westmorland	XXV	10b
Wiltshire	VIII	5a
Worcestershire	XVIII	6b, 6c
Yorkshire	XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV	9a, 9b, 9c, 9d

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