Walesby, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Walesby St Edmund is an Ancient parish in the newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire.

The parish Church of St Edmund has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Walesby 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.

Church records
Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Walesby St Edmund Baptisms 1580-1901Marriages 1594-1956 Burials 1585-1960 Bishop's Transcripts 1606-1865 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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