Ruddington, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Parish History
RUDDINGTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 5 miles (S.) from Nottingham. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Ruddington St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire which includes Flawford or Flawforth in the parish boundary.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have research the history of the church Ruddington St Peter

The Parish church of St Peter has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

see also Ruddington Wikipedia St Peter's Church Ruddington Wikipedia.

The nearby lost church of Flawford St Peter, Nottinghamshire was demolished in 1773-1778 and further details are available on the linked page concerning the church. See also St Peter Flawford 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.

This area was from 1837 part of the Basford registration district

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1636-1967 Marriages 1653-1960 Burials 1754-1974 Bishop's Transcripts1628-1862 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

Ruddington Headstones in Ruddington Churchyard. An alphabetical listing of transcription of the Headstones in the Churchyard, giving surname, given names, date of death and age starting 1778 onwards. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 97, pages 51-55, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Ruddington - St. Peter's. An alphabetical listing of transcription of Memorial Inscriptions giving surname, given names, date of death and age starting 1770, including W.W.1 and W.W.2, and Korea War Memorials. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 82, pages 4-11. FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Basford 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Ruddington in GENUKI