Headon cum Upton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Headon cum Upton St Peter is an Ancient parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of the church and parish Headon St Peter

The Parish Church has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also St peter's Church Wikipedia

This parish should not be confused with Upton, Nottinghamshire elsewhere in the county and diocese.

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.

From 1837 this parish was within East Retford registration district Certificates may be obtained for post 1837 events : Bassetlaw The Register Office County Council Offices Chancery Lane Retford DN22 6DG Phone:01777 708631 Fax:01777 860667 Email:bassetlawro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
Headon St Peter

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1566-1947 Marriages 1577-1897 Burials 1566-1902 Bishop's Transcripts 1626-1837 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
Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
East Retford 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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