Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Norton Cuckney St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire which includes Holbeck, Langwith, Nether Langwith, Milnethorpe, Cuckney with Bonbusk and Milnethorpe, Norton, Bonbusk, Cuckney, and Milnthorpe within the extensive parish boundary. The parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with neighbours Whitwell, Derbyshire Elmton with Cresswell, Derbyshire Bolsover, Derbyshire Scarcliffe, Derbyshire and Upper Langwith, Derbyshire

The Parish Church of St mary Norton Lane Cuckney has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Norton Wikipedia and Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 742-746. here

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.

For history of civil registration in this area see Worksop Registration District

Church records
Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1632-1919 Marriages 1632-1901 Burials 1632-1900 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1839 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Worksop 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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