Bulcote, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Bulcote Holy Trinity was built in 1862 to replace the former 13th century chapelry of Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire Ancient parish on the site.

The church of Holy Trinity, a chapel of ease, has been designated as a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed building

The village and civil parish of Bulcote are 7 miles north east of Nottingham City Centre.

BULCOTE, a chapelry, in the parish of BurtonJoyce, union of Southwell, S. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton and of the county of Nottingham, 6 miles (N. E. by E.) from Nottingham; containing 154 inhabitants. This place comprises 970 acres, mostly arable; the soil is clay. Bulcote Lodge is a neat mansion. The tithes were commuted for land in 1768. The chapel is a small and plain edifice.

From: Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 428-431. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50842 Date accessed: 15 August 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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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.

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