Wilford, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Wilford, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
WILFORD, or Wilfrids Ford (St. Wilfrid), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 1½ mile (S. W.) from Nottingham. There is a place of worship for dissenters attached to Wilford House.

Wilford (known locally as South Wilford) St Wilfrid is an Ancient Parish on the outskirts of Central Nottingham. The former village of Wilford became absorbed into the city long ago.

The Parish Church of St Wilfrid has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Wilford Wikipedia and Church website

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

Cemeteries
Wilford Hill Cemetery. Memorials to those who lost their lives in the bombing of Nottingham. 9 May 1941, and 11 May 1941. An Alphabetical listing of surname, given name, and age. Transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 91, page 35, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Wilford St Wilfrid Baptisms 1658-1957 Marriages 1657-1957 Burials 1657-1938 Bishop's Transcripts 1600-1853 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

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

Nottingham, Wilford Hill Hebrew Congregation. Memorial Inscriptions giving an alphabetical listing surname, given name, age, date of death, dating from 1850. Some give year of birth. Trascription is in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 97, pages 17-34. FHL Ref 942.52 D25n also Wilford Hill - Jewish dating from 1967, transcription of Memorial Inscriptions with some on a plaque, Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol.93 pages 52, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

North Wilford - St Faith's. Parish and Congregation who gave their lives in both World Wars, an alphabetical listing, with initials of the given names. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol 91, pages 43-44, FHL 942.52 D25n

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
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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Wilford in GENUKI