Flawborough, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
FLAWBOROUGH, a chapelry, partly in the parish of Orston, N. division of the wapentake of Bingham, and partly in that of Staunton, S. division of the wapentake of Newark, union of Bingham, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 8 miles (S. by W.) from Newark. The chapel is subject to the rectory of Staunton.

Additional information:

Flawborough St Peter which dates from 1841 was formed as a chapelry in Staunton, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish, replacing an older church on the site.

For history of the church and parish see Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project

The parish church of St Peter was rebuilt in 1841 and restored in 1892. It has been designated a grade II listed building British listed building

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

Staunton Chapel

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1663-1814 Marriages 1663-1802 Burials 1663-1842 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1812 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

Flawborough Churchyard. A transcription of the Memorial inscriptions in Flawborough Churchyard, dating from 1717, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. Original copy held at the Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/9, and the transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 64, page7, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n,

also a further listing for Flawborough St Peter's, dated from 1707, in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 69, pages 51-52 Family History Library Ref942.52 D25n

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Bingham 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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Websites
Flawborough in GENUKI