Clifton with Glapton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
CLIFTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 4¼ miles (S. W. by S.) from Nottingham with the hamlet of Glapton.

Additional information:

Clifton with Glapton St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish which includes Garbythorpe within the parish boundary.

The church of St Mary the Virgin dates from the 1tth century with subsequent restoration and was built adjacent to Clifton Hall. It is listed grade I building see Clifton St Mary Wikipedia

The history of Clifton and Clifton Hall can be found Clifton 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

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

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.

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