North Clifton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
CLIFTON, NORTH (St. George), a parish, in the union, and N. division of the wapentake, of Newark, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 12 miles (N. by E.) from Newark; containing, with the township of South Clifton, the chapelry of Harby, and the hamlet of Spalford. There is a chapel of ease at Harby, where also in South Clifton, are places of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

North Clifton St George the Martyr is an Ancient parish which included in its boundaries Harby, Spalford, and South Clifton. Part of the parish boundary forms the county boundary with Newton on Trent, Lincolnshire

The church of St George the Martyr North Clifton is 13th century in origin and has been designated a grade II* listed building by English Heritage. British listed building

Church history

See also: Samuel A. Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 635-639. here

From this parish was formed:

Harby All Saints with Swinethorpe in 1875. Harby with Swinethorpe All Saints has been researched by the Southwell and Nottingham Church History project Harby with Swinethorpe All Saints

The church of Harby All Saints has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed bulding

See also Harby Nottinghamshire 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 parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives North Clifton St George the Martyr Baptisms 1614-1902 Marriages 1654-1901 Burials 1539-1901 Bishop's transcripts 1600-1846

Harby All Saints with Swinethorpe Baptisms 1867-1901 Marriages 1867-1901 Burials 1868-1901 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
Newark 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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