Bulwell, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
BULWELL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 3¾ miles (N. W. by N.) from Nottingham. There are places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and another sect.

Additional information:

Bulwell is an Ancient Parish and the church of St Mary the Virgin and All Souls in Highbury Road was built in 1850 to replace the earlier 12th century church which suffered from weather damage in 1843. The church was built from local Bulwell stone and designed by H I Stevens of Derby.

Bulwell St John the Divine in Quarry Road was bult in 1884 as a chapel of ease to this parish and consecrated in 1885.

See also Bulwell 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.

This area was from 1837 part of the Basford registration district

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

Bulwell St Mary

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1621-1901 Marriages 1635-1901 Burials 1635-1900 Bishop's Transcripts 1838 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Bulwell St John the Divine

Baptisms 1906-1945 Marriages 1928-1941

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Basford 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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