Bleasby, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
BLEASBY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Southwell, Southwell division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Southwell. Within the limits of the parish are the hamlets of Notown, Goverton, and &lt;Gibsmere, and Heaselford.

Additional information:

Bleasby St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish and included Gibsmere, Notown, and Goverton in the parish boundary.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project history of the church Bleasby St Mary

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

Bleasby St Mary

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1573-1909 Marriages 1574-1992 Burials 1573-1992 Bishop's Transcripts 1633-1846 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

Holmes, J. Index to the Parish of Bleasby 1824. An alphabetical listing, gives surname, forename, occupation. Original held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 6185, transcription in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 105, page 39-43, FHL 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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