Elton on the Hill, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
ELTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union, and N. division of the wapentake, of Bingham, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 4¼ miles (E. by S.) from Bingham.

Additional information:

Elton on the Hill St Michael and All Archangels is an Ancient Parish.

The church is 12th century in origin and was restored in 1855-1857 and has been designated a grade II listed building British listed building

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of this church and parish Elton St Michael

See also Elton-on-the-Hill wikipedia

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Elton on the Hill. A transcription of memorial inscriptions in the churchyard, dating from 1728, giving surname, given name, date of death, and age. The original is held at the Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/8 page 6, and is also in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 64, page 6, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n vol. 82 pages 12-14, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
see Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Bingham Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Nottinghamshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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