Park Leys, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire

Parish History
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Park Leys like this: PARK-LEYS, an extra-parochial tract in Southwell district, Notts; 4¾ miles N W by N of Newark. Acres, 310. Real property, £242. Pop., 10. House, 1.

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
Park Leys is an extra parochial area.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain