Mattersey, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
MATTERSEY (All Saints), a parish, in the union of East Retford, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 3½ miles (S. E.) from Bawtry. The village is situated on the bank of the river Idle, over which is a neat stone bridge; and the Chesterfield canal passes within a mile. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Matteresey All Saints is an Ancient Parish which included Thorpe and Matters(e)y Thorpe. The village and civil parish of Mattersey are in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire Mattersey Wikipedia

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the history of the church and parish Matteresey All Saints

The church of All Saints has been designated as a grade I 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.

From 1837 this parish was within East Retford registration district Certificates may be obtained for post 1837 events : Bassetlaw The Register Office County Council Offices Chancery Lane Retford DN22 6DG Phone:01777 708631 Fax:01777 860667 Email:bassetlawro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
Mattersey All Saints

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1544-1954 Marriages 1543-1954 Burials 1544-1959 Bishop’s Transcripts 1608-1843

Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
East Retford 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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