Haughton with Serlby, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
Haughton was created a ancient chapelry in the ancient parish of Walesby. In 1694, the chapel was abandoned and fell into ruin and was never rebuilt. Ecclesiastically, the parish from about the year 1700 had been annexed to and was served by the vicar of Walesby Parish [which see]. Also search other surrounding parishes for records and information such as Elksley and Bothamsall parishes.

HOUGHTON, a parish, in the union of East-Retford, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 3¾ miles (N. W. by W.) from Tuxford. The inhabitants attend divine service in the neighbouring church of Walesby.

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
Fulwood is an extra parochial place&lt;br&gt;

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection &lt;br&gt;

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Mansfield Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

Probate records&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;br&gt;
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851 *Vision of Britain