Clayworth, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
CLAYWORTH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of East Retford, North-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 6 miles (N. N. E.) from East Retford.There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Clayworth St Peter is an Ancient Parish and includes Drakeshole(s)and Wiseton (sometimes spelled Wyseton)

The parish church of St Peter has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

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.

From 1837 this parish was within East Retford registration district Certificates may be obtained for post 1837 events : Bassetlaw The Register Office County Council Offices Chancery Lane Retford DN22 6DG Phone:01777 708631 Fax:01777 860667 Email:bassetlawro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan J. The Rector's Book Claworth, Notts 1672-1701. These are extracts transcribed from The Rector's Book for Claworth, when the Rev. William Sampson was Rector. Note the old spelling of Claworth, although the modern spelling is Clayworth. Article is an alphabetical listing of names of parishioners, and sometimes their occupation is included. Article is available at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 5229, and the Nottinghamshire Family History Society, vol. 99, pages 16-42, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Clayworth St Peter's. Monumental Inscriptions Inside the Church. This article gives an alphabetical listing of surname, forename, possible relation and age, from 1556-1942, included is Men of Clayworth and Wiseton who fell in the first and second World Wars and those killed in action, and those who served, and what department they were in. Monuments outside the Church, and Annex Churchyard (Church Lane) up to 1980. Article available at Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.97, pages 1-10, FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
Nottinghamshire Census

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

Poor Law Unions
East Retford 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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Websites
Clayworth (Clavood or Claworth) in GENUKI