Southwell Holy Trinity, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
Southwell Holy Trinity was formed as an Ecclesiastical parish from the Ancient parish of Southwell, Nottinghamshire in 1846.

The Church of Holy Trinity Southwell has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

See also Southwell Wikipedia

SOUTHWELL (St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the Southwell division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 14 miles (N. E.) from Nottingham; containing, with the hamlets of Hexgreave and Normanton. It comprises the districts of Burgage, the High Town, Easthorpe, and Westhorpe, together forming a considerable though scattered town. An additional church, dedicated to the Trinity, was consecrated in April, 1846; it cost about £3000, and contains 650 sittings. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists.

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
Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1846-1901 Burials 1846-1901 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.

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