Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Sutton in Ashfield is an Ancient Parish in the Ashfield district ofNottinghamshire. Other places in the parish included: Eastfield, Huthwaite, Hucknall under Huthwaite, and Hucknall.The parish boundary froms part of the county boundary with neighbours Blackwell, Derbyshire and South Normanton, Derbyshire.

The Church of St Katharine Sutton in Ashfield dates from the 12th century and has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage British listed building

The Church of St Mary Magdalene Hucknall Market Place dates from the 12th century and has been designated a grade II* listed building by English Heritage British listed building

see also Sutton in Ashfield Wikipedia and Hucknall Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire

SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Mansfield, N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 3½ miles (W. S. W.) from Mansfield; containing, with the hamlet of Hucknall-under-Huthwaite. There are places of worship for General and Particular Baptists, Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans. Near the village is Mapple Wells.

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 in the Mansfield registration district from 1837; for registration district history Mansfield registration district

Certificates may be obtained from:

The Register Office County House 100 Chesterfield Road South Mansfield NG19 7AQ Phone 01623 476564 Fax 01623 636284 email:mansfieldro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Sutton in Ashfield St Mary Magdalene (Hucknall Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire is also associated)

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1577-1952 Marriages 1577-1955 Burials 1577-1953 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1823 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Sutton in Ashfield St Modwen

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1901-1984

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Mansfield 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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