Bath & North East Somerset Council - Death

Death - Historic Searches

A certificate relating to a Birth Death or Marriage that occurred in Bath and North East Somerset since July 1837 may be obtained from this office. All of the deaths that occured before December 2007 are now on the BathBMD web site. We would aim to process your application within five days of receiving it. Please give us a daytime telephone number, and a stamped self-addressed envelope, (please note that certificates are A4 size). The fee is £10 and cheques should be made payable to "Superintendent Registrar".*

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION: due to essential works our certificate production service will be suspended from the 22nd June 2012 until the 9th July 2012. Applications made during this time will be held until the service resumes on the 9th July.

You may download the relevant application form from the link under related Documents to the right of this text. Please complete it and post it to us.

If you have a credit or debit card you may give us the details by telephone for a quicker response. 01225 477234.

Death Certificate application over the phone

Death certificates cost £7.00/£12.00*. To obtain one you would need to supply the following information:

Full name and surname of the deceased
Date and place of death.

*Once a register is complete it is deposited into the custody of the Superintendent Registrar the certificate cost rises from £7.00 to £10 and the application will be subject to a £2 administration fee making the total payable £12.

If you wish to avoid paying the administration fee of £2 you can come and apply in person. You will be asked to fill out a form and will need to supply a stamped addressed envelope if you wish us to post the certificate on to you.

Priority Ordering Service

If you need your certificate very urgently we can produce it for you the same day*. The fee payable is £25 and we can send it out by 1st class post or you can come in and collect it personally.

Please call us on 01225 477234 for more details.

*If you apply for the certificate after 14:30 it may not be available for collection until first thing the next day

Family Tree Scrolls

Are you doing family research? If so you may be interested in purchasing a family tree scroll from the Register Office at the Guildhall, Bath. The scrolls cost just £6 and you can record your family tree all the way back to your great great grandparents. The scrolls are also available in a children’s version and are a great way to span the generations and get children interested in the history of their own families.

Customer Survey

Here at the Bath Register Office we aim to uphold the highest standards of customer care. If you have recently used our service we would be grateful if you could spare a few minutes to complete our customer survey (link below). Your feedback will help us identify what we are doing right and where there is room for improvement.

Thank you in advance for your time and if you have any specific complaints/complements please email us at the email address at the foot of the page.

Customer Survey

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Registration Service

Address:

Bath Register Office, Guildhall, High Street, Bath BA1 5AW

Phone:

01225 477234

Fax:

01225 477293

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