Thorney with Wigsley and Broadholme, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Thorney with Wigsley and Broadholme, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
THORNEY, a parish, with three townships, in Newark district, Notts; 2½ miles SW of Saxilby r. station, and 8 E of Tuxford. Post town, Newark. T. manor belongs to the Neviles; Broadholme manor, to T. Redgate, Esq.; Wigsley manor, to Sir G. Welby, Bart.

Thorney St Helen is an Ancient Parish which includes Wigsley and Broadholme.

The church of St Helen Thorney 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.

This parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
Thorney St Helen parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1567-1901 Marriages 1562-1901 Burials 1563-1901Bishop’s Transcripts 1600-1843

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

Thorney - St. Helen's. An alphabetical listing of Memorial Inscriptions, both inside and outside the Church, giving surname, given name, date of death and age, dated from 1727. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 82, pages 23-25, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

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
Newark 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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Websites
Thorney (Thorneshay or Thorneshagh) in GENUKI