Woodborough, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
WOODBOROUGH (St. Swithin), a parish, in the union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton and of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles (N. E. by N.) from Nottingham. The Wesleyans and the Baptists have each a place of worship.

Additional information:

Woodborough St Swithun is an Ancient Parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of the church Woodborough St Swithun

The church of St Swithun has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Woodborough Wikipedia and St Swithun Woodborough 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Woodborough St Swithun Baptisms 1547-2006 Marriages 1573-1952 Burials 1782-1894 Bishop's Transcripts 1623- 1835 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

Woodborough Parish Church. A transcription of memorial inscriptions, both inside and outside the Church, dating from 1724, although some maybe earlier, giving surname, given names, date of death, and age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol. 21, pages 34-38, FHL ref. 942.52 D25n

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

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
Woodborough in GENUKI