Norwell, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
NORWELL (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Southwell, N. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 6 miles (N. by W.) from Newark with the chapelry of Carlton-upon-Trent, and the township of Norwell-Woodhouse. On the site of an ancient mansion called Preston Hall now stands a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, built in 1827.

Additional information:

Norwell St Laurence is an Ancient parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire close to the border with Lincolnshire and includes Norwell Woodhouse andNorwell with Willoughby..

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the history of the church Norwell St Laurence

The Church of St Laurence has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also St Laurence Church Norwell 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Norwell St Lawrence Baptisms 1682-1933 M arriages1685-1901 B urials1684-1960 Bishop’s Transcripts 1635-1843

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

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.

Original Transcription by Martin, Sheila. Copy of the Will of William Hancock 1794. Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD.SP 67/3. Copy of the William Hancock 16 December 1794, Executors George Baines Norwell Woodhouse, with the following surnames in the Will - Parsons, How, Cullen, Fillingham, Warriner, Whitworth, White, Booth, Swallow, Wilson, Burgess, Robinson. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. vol. 119, pages 62-64, FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

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