West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
West Bridgford St Giles is an Ancient parish which includes Gamsford and Bassingfield

The church of St Giles dates from the 13th century and was restored in 1872; designated as a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed bulding West Bridgford 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 West Bridgford St Giles Baptisms 1559-1944 Marriages 1559-1948 Burials 1559-1959 Bishop's Transcripts 1603-1842 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Basford 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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