Gedling, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish Histor
GEDLING (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton and of the county of Nottingham, 3½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Nottingham; containing, with the hamlet of Carlton and township of Stoke Bardolph. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Gedling All Hallows is an Ancient Parish in the north east of the City of Nottingham. The Ancient parish included Stoke Bardolph and Carlton. A history of the Church is available church history

The church dates in part from the 11th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building by English Heritage British listed building

The Ecclesiastical parish of Carlton St Paul was formed from this parish in 1885 The church of St Paul has been designated a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed building

The timber church and parish of Carlton St Michael and All Angels was also formed from part of the ancient parish and of Carlton St Paul Foxhll Road and consecrated in 1907. A Timber church building was sold to the Rev J. F. Perry of Carlton by the parish of South Beddington, Surrey just before 1906 and served as a church until circa 1930.

With the growth of Carlton Gedling became subsumed into Carlton as a district.

Gedling 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:

Gedling All Hallows

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1558-1939 Marriages 1558-1948 Burials 1559-1901 Bishop’s Transcripts 1601-1860 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Netherfield St George Baptisms 1885-1944 Marriages 1886-1953

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

Gedling. A transcription of memorial inscriptions, dating from 1729, giving surname, given names, date of death, and age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol. 21, pages 3-16, FHL ref. 942.52 D25n

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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