Stanford on Soar, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
St John the Baptist was begun in the 13th Century and underwent a significant restoration in 1893. It is within the Anglican Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham and is the most southerly parish in the Province of York. It also forms part of a joint Benefice with the neighbouring parishes of Costock, Nottinghamshire, East Leake, Nottinghamshire,  West Leake, Nottinghamshire and  Rempstone, Nottinghamshire.

A history of the church has been researched by Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project Stanford-on-Soar

The church of St John the Baptist has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

see also

Stanford on Soar 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
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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
Loughborough Poor Law Union, Leicestershire

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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