Beeston, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
Beeston St John the Baptist is an Ancient parish which included Beeston Ryelands.

Beeston may also refer to the later parish development in this suburb of Nottingham. For a history of Beeston see Beeston wikipedia which includes a history of the methodist church in this parish.

Beeston St John the Baptist ( known as St John) is a 15th century church rebuilt in 1842 by Scott and Moffat and enlarged in 1876. It has been designated a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed building

See also St Mary the Virgin Beeston and 1861 church of St Michael and All Angels Beeston and Stapelford 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.

Church records
Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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