Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
Burton Joyce St Helen is an Ancient parish; Bulcote, Nottinghamshire was formed originally as a chapelry of this parish.

The church of St Helen dates in part from the 13th century and was rebuilt in 1878 by T.H. Wyatt and has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage. British listed building

see also Burton Joyce Wikipedia and Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 448-452. here

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
Burton Joyce St Helen

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1559-1901 Marriages 1559-1900 Burials 1561-1901 Bishop's transcripts 1600-1866 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
See Nottinghamshire Census

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
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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