Nottingham St Nicholas, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
NOTTINGHAM, a borough and market-town, forming a union and county of itself, locally in the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, of which it is the chief town. The living of St. Nicholas' is a discharged rectory. There are places of worship for Baptists,Independents, Wesleyans, the Society of Friends, Huntingtonians, Sabellians, and Unitarians; a synagogue; and a Roman Catholic cathedral.

Additional information:

Nottingham St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish in the City of Nottingham.

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of the church and parish Nottingham St Nicholas

The church of St Nicholas has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

see St Nicholas Church Nottingham 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
Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Nottingham St Nicholas (Radford St Peter included) Baptisms 1563-1946 Marriages 1563-1955 Burials 1563-1890 Bishop’s transcripts 1601-1877 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

Genealogy
Claims to be Admitted a Freeman of Nottingham 1850-1882. A list of Claims to be admitted a Freeman of Nottingham surnames from S-Z, with an index, from 1850-1882, also available at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref. CA/FR/403/1-171. List is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine,vol.134, page 2-66, FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

Poor Law Unions
Nottingham 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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