Oxton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Oxton St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient parish which includes within its boundaries Fallows, Grangefield, Robinhood's Pot, Robinhood's Hill, and Holbecks and is within the newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the church history Oxton St Peter and St Paul

The Parish church of St Peter and St Paul has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Oxton 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
Oxton St Peter and St Paul

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1563-1999 Marriages 1564-1952 Burials 1564-1956 Bishop’s Transcripts 1618-1844

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
Southwell 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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