Newark on Trent Christ Church, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire

Parish History
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.

Church records
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Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
see Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Newark 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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