Bulcote, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Bulcote, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
BULCOTE, a chapelry, in the parish of BurtonJoyce, union of Southwell, S. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton and of the county of Nottingham, 6 miles (N. E. by E.) from Nottingham. The tithes were commuted for land in 1768.

Additional information:

Bulcote Holy Trinity was built in 1862 to replace the former 13th century chapelry of Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire Ancient parish on the site.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the history of the church Bulcote Holy Trinity

The church of Holy Trinity, a chapel of ease, has been designated as a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed building

The village and civil parish of Bulcote are 7 miles north east of Nottingham City Centre.

See also: Bulcote Wikipedia here

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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bulcote Holy Trinity

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Marriages 1841-1902 Bishop's Transcripts 1813-1839

Refer to records of Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire 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

Bulcote Monumental Inscriptions. An alphabetical listing by surname, given name, date of death, and sometimes showing relationship, and age - transcription of the Bulcote Gravestones, dated from 1739. Transcription in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 18, pages 16-17, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Southwell 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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