Welbeck, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
WELBECK, an extra-parochial liberty, in the Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 3½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Worksop.

Welbeck and neighbour Woodhouse Hall, Nottinghamshire are both extra parochial areas in the Worksop area of Nottinghmshire. They both form part of the county boundary with neighbouring Worksop St Mary and St Cuthbert, Nottinghamshire and Whitwell, Derbyshire

See Welbeck Wikipedia Welbeck Abbey 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.

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

Church records
In view of the etra parochial areas it is advisable to search neighbouring parishes, Worksop St Mary and St Cuthbert, Nottinghamshire and the subsequent Worksop parishes being most likely to contain events.

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

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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