Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
MANSFIELD-WOODHOUSE, a village and a parish in Mansfield district, Notts. The village stands ¾ of a mile W of the river Maun, and 1½ N of Mansfield r. station; and has a post office under Mansfield. The parish includes part of Sherwood forest. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists.

Additional information:

Mansfield Woodhouse is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire, created in 1736 from chapelry in Mansfield St Peter and St Paul, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched this parish Mansfield Woodhouse St Edmund King and Martyr

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

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

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Nottinghamshire Archives.

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

1831 Census - Mansfield. This Census has been done by streets, with the name of the people living in it, showing the head of the household, number of males and females in the household, and their profession. Original held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref. DC/M1/18/1, Transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Magazine vol. 95, pages 67-88. FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Military Records
Transcribed by Bailey, Brian. Mansfield Woodhouse Soldier's Furlough 1800-1801. Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 2104/1-5. Short letters regarding some Soldiers why they couldn't rejoin their Battalion, during 1800-1801. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 121, pages 45-47, FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

Newton, M. Nottingham Journal - of Newark, Gainsborough, Retford, Worksop, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Grantham and Sheffield Advertiser - January 11th 1800, Nottinghamshire Regiement of militia - List of Volunteers Discharged into his Majesty's Regular Forces. Article gives date of Discharge, persons name, and Parish dated July 22nd-November 10th. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 88 pages 24-27, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Occupations
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan. Mansfield Woodhouse Apprenticeship Indentures 1738-1791. A copy of various Apprenticeship Indentures, for the Mansfield Woodhouse area, dated 1738-1791, available at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 2110/1-10, and also the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 123, pages 52-55, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

Mansfield Woodhouse Apprentice 1810. Apprentice Rebecca Dutton appointed as Apprentice to Pleasley Cotton Mill 1810, by 2 Church Wardwens, and also two Overseers of the Poor. Original held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 8397, transcription in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 117, page 72, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Mansfield Woodhouse in GENUKI