Mansfield St Peter and St Paul, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
MANSFIELD (St. Peter), a market-town and parish, and head of a union, in the N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 14 miles (N. by W.) from Nottingham with the hamlet of Pleasley-hill. Wesleyans, General Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive Wesleyans, and Unitarians have a place of worship.

Additional information:

Mansfield St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Nottinghamshire. Other places in the parish include: Bleak Hills, Dalestorth, Moorhaigh, Radmanthwaite, Penniment Houses, Pleasley Hill, and Oakham.

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of the church Mansfield St Peter and St Paul

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

From this parish were formed

Mansfield St John the Evangelist Southwell and Nottingham Church History project

The Church of St John the Evangelist Mansfield has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Mansfield St Mark Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project

The church of St Mark mansfield has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Mansfield Wikipedia and A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 247-251. Here

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

Baptisms 1559-1950 Marriages 1559-1950 Burials 1559-1961 Bishop's Transcripts 1598-1902

Pleasley Hill St Barnabas

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1891-1927Marriages 1897-1968

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
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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