Carlton on Trent, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Carlton on Trent was formed as a chapelry within Norwell, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

The parish council is part of Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, the village is situated on the River Trent and adjacent to the A1 to the north of Newark.

This parish should not be confused with other villages called Carlton in Nottinghamshire or nearby counties: Gedling, Nottinghamshire Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire Great Carlton, Lincolnshire Little Carlton, Lincolnshire

The Southwell and Nottingham Church history project are researching this parish see Church history

The church of St Mary the Virgin has been designated a grade II* listed building British listed building

See: Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 520-523. 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.

Church records
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Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Southwell 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
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Web sites
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