Bothamsall, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

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

Parish History
BOTHAMSALL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of East Retford, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 4½ miles (W. N. W.) from Tuxford. There is a tumulus, called Castle Hill, a little westward from the village of Bothamsall.

Additional information:

Bothamsall Our Lady and St Peter was formed as an Ecclesiastical Parish in 1841 from Elksley, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched this parish Bothamsall

The parish church of Our Lady and St Peter has been designated a grade II listed bulding British listed building

See also: Bothamsall 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.

From 1837 this parish was within East Retford registration district Certificates may be obtained for post 1837 events : Bassetlaw The Register Office County Council Offices Chancery Lane Retford DN22 6DG Phone:01777 708631 Fax:01777 860667 Email:bassetlawro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bothamsall Our Lady and St Peter

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1541-1901 Marriages 1538-1900 Burials 1538-1901 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1844 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Bothamsall - the Parish Cemetery. An alphabetical listing of transcription of Memorial Inscription dating from 1912, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 70, page 41, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
East Retford 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

Websites
Bothamsall (Bottomsall) in GENUKI