Farndon, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Farndon, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy:  parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
FARNDON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Newark, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 2¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Newark.

Additional information:

Farndon St Peter is an Ancient parish under three miles from Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire.

The Parish Church of St Peter has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Farndon Wikipedia the Farndon benefice website Farndon and Hawton United Benefice

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

Cemetery
Farndon Cemetery, Neward Sherwood District Council. An alphabetical listing of Memorial Inscriptions, giving surname, given name, date of death and age, dated from 1839. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 82, pages 31-37, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Farndon - St. Peters. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions from inside and outside the church, dated from 1714, giving surname, given name, date of death, age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 51, pages 29-33, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

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.

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

Websites
Farndon in GENUKI