Register a death

During your appointment, the Registrar will ask you provide the following information. 

Please make sure you have all of this information to hand before your appointment:

• Date of death
• Place of death - This will be the name of the hospital or nursing home, the name or number of the house, the name of the street and village town, including the full postal address. If the death took place in an ambulance, car or another vehicle, you need to provide information about the location of the vehicle when the death occurred and the intended destination.
• Name and surname of the deceased - This should be the name they were known as at the time of their death. You should also say if they are known by any other name currently or previously. You need to record those details together with some notes as to the circumstances to help the registrar determine how to record the information in the entry
• Sex: Male or Female
• Maiden surname of woman who has been married or civil partnership - This is is the surname or birth name a woman has before she marries and takes her partner's last name.
• Date of birth - Please provide approximate dates if exact date not known
• Place of birth - This is the town and county / London borough or country of birth and only country if born outside UK
• Occupation - Provide as much information about their job title of the most recent occupation.  Please also tell us whether the deceased was retired at the time of thier death.
• Marital status - This will be the marital status of the deceased at the time of thier death. The status' are:
  • Single (never married or in a civil partnership)
  • Divorced
  • Husband or Wife
  • Widow or Widower
  • Civil Partner or Surviving Civil Partner
• Spouse/Civil Partners name and surname - This should be the name and surname of the deceased's spouse or civil partner
• Spouse/Civil Partners occupation - Provide as much information as possible about their job title relating to the most recent occupation and if retired
• Usual address - This should include the name or number of the house, name of the street and village or town.  Where the death occurred in a hospital the deceased's usual address should be recorded