West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BRIDGFORD, WEST (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Basford, partly in the S. division of the wapentake of Bingham, but chiefly in the N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 2 miles (S. S. E.) from Nottingham. At each of the hamlets of Basingfield and Gampston is a place called Chapel Yard, the supposed site of a chapel.

Additional information:

West Bridgford St Giles is an Ancient parish which includes Gamsford and Bassingfield

The church of St Giles dates from the 13th century and was restored in 1872; designated as a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed bulding

Gamston St Luke was formed from this Ancient Parish and should not be confused with Gamston, Nottinghamshire West Bridgford 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
West Bridgford 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

Land and Property
Bailey, Bryan. Particulars and Rental of an Estate at West Bridgeford in the County of Nottingham the Property of John Musters Esqr 1800. Alphabetical listing surname, given name, description of whethether house or land, quantity of land, and the annual Rent. Original Article held Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD.TB 2/2/14, transcription in Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 115, pages 74-75, 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
West Bridgeford (Bridgeford) in GENUKI: West Bridgford