Wellow, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Wellow St Swithin is an Ancient Parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, see Wellow Wikipedia.

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of this church and parish Wellow St Switihin

The Church of St Swithin has been designated as a grade II* listed building 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives St Swithin Baptisms 1703-1923 Marriages 1704-1968 Burials 1703-1901 Bishop's Transcripts 1622-1849 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

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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