Bole, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Bole, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
BOLE (St. Martin), a parish, in the union of Gainsborough, North-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 3½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Gainsborough.

Additional information:

Bole St Martin is an Ancient Parish and part of the parish boundary forms the county boundary with Gainsborough Holy Trinity, Lincolnshire which lies on the opposite bank of the River Trent from this parish.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of the church Bole St Martin

The church of St Martin has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The church of St John the Baptist Bole is designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building listed building

Bole 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:

Bole St Martin

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1813-1983 Marriages 1755-1992 Burials 1813-1983 Bishop's Transcripts 1636-1858 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 {{FHL|England%2C+Nottingham%2C+Bole|subject|disp=Bole}

Bailey, Brian. Misterton Scrapbook. The Scrapbook mainly concerns Methodism and was possibly compiled by James Stothard of Misterton, a farmer. He included the Gainsborough (Wesleyan Methodist) circuit which included West Stockwith, Misterton, Beckingham, Walkeringham, Sturton and Bole with a list of members, some starting as early as 1817. The original is held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD 793/1. Transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 121, pages 73-88 with an alphabetical listing. FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Gainsborough Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Bole in GENUKI