Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
BURTON-JOYCE (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton and of the county of Nottingham, 5miles (N. E. by E.) from Nottingham with the chapelry of Bulcote. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Burton Joyce St Helen is an Ancient parish; Bulcote, Nottinghamshire was formed originally as a chapelry of this parish.

The church of St Helen dates in part from the 13th century and was rebuilt in 1878 by T.H. Wyatt and has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage. British listed building see also Burton Joyce 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:

Burton Joyce St Helen

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1559-1901 Marriages 1559-1900 Burials 1561-1901 Bishop's transcripts 1600-1866 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

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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