Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, a village and a parish in Basford district, Notts. The village stands 1 mile W of Kirkby r. station, 1½ E of the boundary with Derbyshire, and 5 SW of Mansfield; is a large place; and has. a post office, of the name of Kirkby, under Mansfield. The parish includes also the village of Kirkby-Folly and the hamlet of Kirkby-Woodhouse. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Kirkby in Ashfield St Wilfrid is an Ancient parish in the town which included Kirkby Woodhouse and Kirkby Folly in the parish boundary.

The parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with its neighbour Pinxton, Derbyshire.

The church of St Wilfrid is 13th century in origin but was rebuilt in 1908 after destruction by fire in 1907 and has been designated a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed building It is also known locally as St Luke. see also St Wilfrid Wikipedia Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the history of the church and parish Kirkby-in-Ashfield St Wilfrid

From this parish was formed the parish of Kirkby Woodhouse St John see St John the Evangelist Wikipedia

From this parish was formed the Ecclesisatical parish of [Eat Kirkby] Kirkby in Ashfield St Thomas built in 1903.

See also Kirkby-in-Ashfield Wikipedia

Kirky in Ashfield - Kingsway Cemetery
Transcription of Memorial Inscriptions, - Alphabetical listing of surname, given name, relationship, sometimes birth date, date of death and age, in the Kingsway Cemetery dating from 1877. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Magazine, vol. 89, pages 1-24, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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
Kirkby in Ashfield St Wilfrid parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1621-1962 Marriages 1621-1963 Burials 1621-1950

Kirkby Woodhouse St John

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1860-1931 Marriages 1901-1947 Burials 1861-1911

Kirkby in Ashfield (East) St Thomas

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1893-1952 Marriages 1903-1958

Kirkby in Ashfield (East) St Andrew

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1922-1960 Marriages 1935-1961 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

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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