Hi Heather The following is taken from freebmd The district Rother V. is an alternative name for Rother Valley and it is in the county of West Riding of Yorkshire; information about it can be found here Which takes you to the following page http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/rother%20valley.html this registration district cam was in existence from June 1938 - Mach 1974 hope this helps regards Patrick Williams Hi everyone, I have a relative who's birth index says that he was registered in the district of Rother V. I assume this means Rother Valley which appears to be Sheffield - ish (correct me if I am wrong). Ancestry says Rother V is Yorkshire/ Northumberland/ Westmorland, can anyone explain to me what this actually means? The rest of what I think are siblings were all born in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Thanks Heather