Harworth, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
HARWORTH (All Saints), is a parish, in the union of Worksop, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 2¾ miles (W. S. W.) from Bawtry. It lies on the western verge of the county, between Blyth and Tickhill. The hamlets of Hesley and Limpool are part of Harworth, Martin forms the north-eastern hamlet, near Bawtry; and Serlby hamlet or manor. It includes part of the townships of Styrrup and Oldcoates the rest of which is in the parish of Blyth.

Additional information:

Harworth All Saints is an Ancient Parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire and includes Bircotes, Hesle, Limpole, Serlby, Norney, Plumtree, and Martin.The civil parish is that of Harworth and Bircotes Bircotes Wikipedia

The Parish Church of All Saints Church Lane Harworth has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The graveyard contains the burial of Tom Simpson(30 November 1937–13 July 1967) Wikipedia Find a Grave

See Harworth Wikipedia

From this parish Bircotes Christ Church, Nottinghamshire was formed built in 1924 by the Barber Walker Company who also built the Church Hall and Vicarage.

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.

For history of civil registration in this area see Worksop Registration District

Church records
Harworth All Saints

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1538-1953 Marriages 1538-1960 Burials 1538-1929 Bishop's Transcripts 1626-1852

Harworth St Mary Magdalene's Chapel Baptisms 1866-1926 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

Poor Law Unions
Worksop 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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