Wollaton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
WOLLATON (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (W.) from Nottingham.

Additional information:

Wollaton St Leonard is an Ancient parish in the Broxborough borough but within the City of Nottingham. Cossall, Nottinghamshire was formed as a chapelry from this parish.

The Church of St Leonard, Wollaton Road, Nottingham has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Wollaton 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:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Wollaton St Leonard Baptisms 1576-1944 Marriages 1578-1940 Burials 1579-1960 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1860 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

Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan. Memoranda Parochialia. A Journal kept by Rev. C. J. Willoughby 1846-1854 whilst Rector of Wollaton. A lovely little history of folk in the Parish of Wollaton, while Rev. Willoughby was the Rector, gives name of Parishioner, and dates, and service given. Article in the Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 7763, and also in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 109, pages 1-29, FHL Ref. 942.52 D25

Wollaton, St. Leonard's. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions dated from 1866, giving surname, given name, date of death, age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 59, pages 52-57, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Transcribed by Bewley, D.A.F. Wollaton Census - Inhabitants of Wollaton December 1787. Gives the name, and the occupation and households are shown. The original copy is part of the Middleton Collection at Ref Mi E23/42 held in the Hallward Library of the University of Nottingham, and the transcription is in the Nooinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 88 pages 52-54, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Occupation
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.

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Websites
Wollaton in GENUKI