Keyworth, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
KEYWORTH (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Bingham, N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles (S. S. E.) from Nottingham. There are places of worship for Independents.

Additional information:

Keyworth St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish about 6 miles south east of Nottingham.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project history of the church Keyworth

The parish church of St Mary Magdalene has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Keyworth 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.

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1653-1957 Marriages 1654-1960 Burials 1654-1900 Bishop’s Transcripts 1601-1847 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

Keyworth - Independent Burial Ground. A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions, giving surname, given names, date of death, and age, starting in 1837. The orginal is held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/17. The transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Magazine, vol. 64 page 14, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Emigration
Bailey, Bryan. Letter Regarding Assisted Emigration from Keyworth to the Cape. A letter regarding William Pike and his family wanting assistance to emigrate from Keyworth to the Cape dated November 1819. His wife's name is not listed - children are Thomas, Sarah, William Elijah, and Rose. Article available at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref C/QA/CP 5/1/6/29, and also in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol.107, page 56, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Keyworth in GENUKI