Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Besthorpe Holy Trinity was formed as a chapelry to South Scarle, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

The church dates from 1844.

The village and civil parish is in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottingham and is north of Newark on Trent with North Collingham, Nottinghamshire to the south and lies near the River Trent.

BESTHORPE, a chapelry, in the parish of South Scarle, union, and N. division of the wapentake of Newark, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 8 miles (N. N. E.) from Newark; containing 327 inhabitants. This place comprises 1168 acres of land; and has a good village near the Fleet river, and two miles westnorth-west from the village of Scarle. The tithes have been commuted for £269. 5. 8., of which £44 are payable to the vicar of South Scarle. The chapel was rebuilt in 1844, at a cost of £400, raised by subscription. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a school is endowed with £8. 12. per annum. Some remains exist of an ancient mansion in the style of the period of James I., with a tower and pointed gable roof.

From: Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 223-228. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50795 Date accessed: 05 August 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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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.

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