Whilst today's certificates, like my grandson's birth certificate three years ago in Aberdeen, are clear and informative, with neatly labelled boxes for every item, older certificates failed to be so helpful, using abbreviations and terms that can baffle. Looking through our large collection of certificates, for I have long been accepted as the custodian of the older documentation in our family, as elder son, I have noted a few which might help you understand your own certificates. The last part is when and where the parents were married. That will be missing if the parents were not married to each other. Now here's a funny thing.
Marriage certificates can be even more informative.
Unfortunately, the demand for detail drove to rebellion the local registrars, and harried the people who had to dredge up all the information, so from 1856 the amount of information was drastically reduced. This helps with tracking families. Born and registered 20th July 1830 at Bury. You get not just her family home in England, but where her birth is registered elsewhere. Remember, only in 1855 do you get this extra detail.