Kilvington, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
KILVINGTON (St. Mary), is a parish, in the union of Newark, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles (S.) from Newark; containing, with the hamlet of Alverton. It was consolidated with the parish of Staunton in 1826.

Additional information:

Kilvington St Mary is an Ancient Parish and includes within the parish boundary the hamlet of Alverton. The parish boundary forms the county boundary with neighbour Bottesford, Leicestershire

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of the church Kilvington St Mary

The Parish church of St Mary has been designated as a grade II 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.

This parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1544-1900 Marriages 1541-1892 Burials 1539-1906 Bishop’s Transcripts 1611-1836 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

Kilvington. A transcription of memorial inscriptions dating from 1722, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. Original held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/18, and the transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 64, page15, FHL Ref 942.52

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Newark 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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