Kimberley, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
KIMBERLEY, a hamlet, and formerly a chapelry, in the parish of Greasly, union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham. There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Kimberley Holy Trinity was formed as an Ecclesiastical parish from Greasley, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

Holy Trinity church was built in 1847 and the parish formed in 1848.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project are researching the history of this church in progress

See also Kimberley 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.

This area was from 1837 part of the Basford registration district

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

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Nottinghamshire Archives.

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Military
War Memorial - Main Road Junction with Green Lane, Kimberley. A transcription of the W.W.1 and 2, Memorials, giving Surname, and initials of the given name. Article in The Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 87, page 51, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Poor Law Unions
Basford 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

Websites
Kimberely in GENUKI