Woodborough, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Woodborough St Swithun is an Ancient Parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of the church Woodborough St Swithun

The church of St Swithun has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Woodborough Wikipedia and St Swithun Woodborough 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
Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Woodborough St Swithun Baptisms 1547-2006 Marriages 1573-1952 Burials 1782-1894 Bishop's Transcripts 1623- 1835 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
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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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