Newark on Trent Christ Church, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
NEWARK, a town, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a hundred, in Notts. The town stands on a level tract, on the Fosse way, on the river Devon. It is supposed to have been founded at the site of the Roman Ad Pontem, by the ancient British Coritani. The parish contains Sconce-Hill, and Greenfield. The living of St. Mary is a vicarage, and that of Christ church is a p. curacy, in the diocese of Lincoln.

Additional information:

The initial Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church was formed on a district church at Lombard Street Newark to offer relief to the Ancient parish Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire St Mary Magdalene. The Ecclesisatical parish was formed in 1847, 10 years after the consecration of the church by the Archbishop of York on 7 August 1837.

The present church of Christ Church was originally St Andrew's Mission Church at the site off Boundary Road. The foundation stone of the present church was laid in December 1956, and the church was dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Southwell in March 1958.

See also Christ 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 parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Newark Christchurch Baptisms 1848-1957 Marriages 1858-1954 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
Newark Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

Newark Union Workhouse-Bowbridge Road, Newark. This article has a transcription of the Admission book, those born at the Workhouse, and those that died in the Workhouse up to 1920. It has the names in alphabetical order date born, from what parish, what they did for a job, the date admitted etc. Article ranges in dates from 1783-1920. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine vol.119 pages1-27, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n v.119

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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