Stokeham, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
Stokeham St Peter was formed as a chapelry of East Drayton, Nottinghamshire Ancient parish and the civil parish of Stokeham is in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire.

The Parish Church of St Peter has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

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
Stokeham St Peter

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1671-1911 Marriages 1687-1929 Burials 1618-1916 Bishop's Transcripts 1638-1838 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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