Skegby, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
SKEGBY, a parish, in the union of Mansfield, N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (W.) from Mansfield. The Wesleyans have a place of worship.

Additional information:

Skegby St Andrew is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire, created in 1771 from chapelry in Mansfield St Peter and St Paul, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

The parish Church of St Andrew Mansfield Road Sutton in Ashfield has been designated a grade II listed building British listed building

See Skegby 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.

This area was in the Mansfield registration district from 1837; for registration district history Mansfield registration district

Certificates may be obtained from:

The Register Office County House 100 Chesterfield Road South Mansfield NG19 7AQ Phone 01623 476564 Fax 01623 636284 email:mansfieldro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1572-1959 Marriages 1569-1959 Burials 1569-1952 Bishop's Transcripts 1626-1983 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
Mansfield 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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