|
1801 |
First census of population carried out by Overseers
of Poor & local clergy in England & Wales & schoolmasters in Scotland |
|
1833 |
Select Committee Enquiry examined parochial system &
recommended a Civil Registration Service |
|
1836 |
Births & Deaths Registration Act & Marriage Act. General
Register Office established as subsidiary to Home Office |
|
1 July 1837 |
Civil Registration began in England & Wales. England
& Wales divided in 619 Registration Districts. Births & deaths
at sea recorded |
|
1840 |
Civil Registration began in Guernsey |
|
1842 |
Civil Registration began in Jersey |
|
1851 |
Arabic numbering system for new 623 registration
districts |
|
1855 |
General Register Office (Scotland) established |
|
1861 |
634 registration districts divided into 2,194
sub-districts, each having a local registrar of births & deaths |
|
1864 |
General Register Office (Ireland) established |
|
1866 |
Age at death included in national deaths indexes |
|
1874 |
Duty of those present at birth or death to register
it. Death certificate required for burial of stillborn child |
|
1875 |
Death must be registered within 5 days |
|
1878 |
Isle of Man began compulsory civil registration of
births and deaths |
|
1884 |
Isle of Man began compulsory registration of marriages |
|
1888 |
Local Government Act created Administrative
Counties, County Councils and County Boroughs |
|
1891 |
633 Registration Districts, 2110 Sub-districts, 14684
Civil Parishes |
|
1899 |
London Government Act divided Administrative
County of London into 28 Metropolitan Boroughs |
|
1910 |
2nd forename replaced by initial only |
|
1911 |
Mother's maiden name appears in national births indexes |
|
1912 |
Bride & groom indexed together in national marriages
indexes |
|
1919 |
GRO becomes subsidiary of Ministry of Health.
Civil registration of marriages commenced Guernsey, Alderney and Sark |
|
1926 |
Civil registration of births and deaths on Sark & Alderney |
|
1930s |
Numerous boundary changes affecting 22 counties |
|
1939 |
National Registration Act - wartime identity cards
issued |
|
1946 |
Reassignment of counties within the numbering
system of the National indexes |
|
December 1947 |
Short birth certificate introduced |
|
1949 |
Births in air recorded |
|
1966 |
Births - any second forename now in full |
|
1969 |
Date of birth (and full name) given in national
deaths indexes |
|
1972 |
Births on hovercraft recorded |
|
1974 |
Local government reorganised - county boroughs
abolished, new administrative counties created. Many registration
districts abolished |
|
1984 |
BDM indexed annually rather than by quarter |
|
1986 |
Occupation of mother recorded |
