Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
CROPWELL-BUTLER, a chapelry, in the parish of Tithby, union, and S. division of the wapentake, of Bingham, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 8¼ miles (E. S. E.) from Nottingham. This place was anciently called Crophill Botiller, from a circular hill situated between it and Bishop-Cropwell. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

CROPWELL, BISHOP (St. Giles), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the wapentake, of Bingham, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bingham. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Cropwell Bishop is an Ancient parish; the church of St Giles has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Cropwell Bishop 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:

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Cropwell Bishop, St Giles. A transcription of memorial inscriptions, giving given names, surname, some with year of death, and others with age, the earliest date being 1720. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society, vol. 64, page5, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n, also held at the Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/7

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

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Websites
Cropwell Bishop in GENUKI