Misterton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
MISTERTON (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Gainsborough, North Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 4¾ miles (N. W.) from Gainsborough with the township of West Stockwith. At West Stockwith is a chapel of ease. There are places of worship for Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists, and a Roman Catholic chapel.

Additional information:

Misterton All Saints is an Ancient parish and the chapelry of Stockwith, Nottinghamshire was formed from this parish. The parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with neighbours Haxey, Lincolnshire and Owston, Lincolnshire

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the parish West Stockwith St Mary the Blessed Virgin

The parish church of All Saints Misterton has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

The church of St Mary the Virgin West Stockwith has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Misterton 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.

Church records
Misterton All Saints Baptisms 1540-1955 Marriages 1543-1951 Burials 1540-1951 Bishop's Transcripts 1635-1840

West Stockwith

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1867-1911 Marriages 1893-1945 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

Bailey, Brian. Misterton Scrapbook. The Scrapbook mainly concerns Methodism and was possibly compiled by James Stothard of Misterton, a farmer. He included the Gainsborough (Wesleyan Methodist) circuit which included West Stockwith, Misterton, Beckingham, Walkeringham, Sturton and Bole with a list of members, some starting as early as 1817. The original is held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD 793/1. Transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 121, pages 73-88 with an alphabetical listing. FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Gainsborough Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

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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