Whatton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Whatton is an Ancient Parish and includes Aslacton; it is sometimes referred to as Whatton in the Vale and is within the vale of Belvoir.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have described the church Whatton St John of Beverley

The parish church dates from the 11th century in part but rebuilding in 1846 and 1870 resulted in the present church on the site which has been designated a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Whatton 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
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
Bingham 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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