Attenborough, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
ATTENBOROUGH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Shardlow, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 6 miles (S. W.) from Nottingham; containing, with the township of Toton and the hamlet of Chilwell.

Additional information:

Attenborough St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire. Bramcote, Nottinghamshire is a chapelry of Attenborough. Other places in the parish include: Toton and Chilwell.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of the church and parish Attenborough St Mary the Virgin

The church of St Mary the Virgin has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Attenborough 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.

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

Attenborough St Mary

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1559-1901 Marriages 1560-1907 Burials 1559-1901 Bishop’s Transcripts 1601-1852 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

Attenborough St. Mary. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions dated from 1722, giving surname, given name, date of death, age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 59, pages 1-10,  Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Shardlow Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

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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