Edwalton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
EDWALTON (Holy Rood), a parish, in the union of Bingham, N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 3½ miles (S. S. E.) from Nottingham.

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Edwalton Holy Rood was formed as an Ecclesisatical Parish in 1739 from a chapelry in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

See Edwalton Holy Rood church history

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Edwalton Marriage Certificate 1742. A transcription of a marriage certificate of John Hutchinson and Sarah Blackshaw dated 9 March 1742. Original held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 27,472 and transcription in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 117, page 73, FHL Ref 942.72 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Occupations
Bailey, Bryan. Edwalton Apprenticeship Indenture 1783.

Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 27,474.

Copy of the indenture dated 24 Jan. 1783, with names Ann Briggs, John Vincent, signatures of Thomas Flewit, Thomas Holmes and John Vinson, Sealed and delivered in the Presence of Thos Wright, Wm Vinson. Wm Coape Sherbrooke and Thos Charlton are listed as Justices of the Peace. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 119, page59. Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Poor Law Unions
Bingham 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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