Mansfield St Peter and St Paul, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Mansfield St. Peter and St. Paul, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
MANSFIELD (St. Peter), a market-town and parish, and head of a union, in the N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 14 miles (N. by W.) from Nottingham with the hamlet of Pleasley-hill. Wesleyans, General Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive Wesleyans, and Unitarians have a place of worship.

Additional information:

Mansfield St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Nottinghamshire. Other places in the parish include: Bleak Hills, Dalestorth, Moorhaigh, Radmanthwaite, Penniment Houses, Pleasley Hill, and Oakham.

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of the church Mansfield St Peter and St Paul

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

From this parish were formed

Mansfield St John the Evangelist Southwell and Nottingham Church History project

The Church of St John the Evangelist Mansfield has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Mansfield St Mark Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project

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

See also Mansfield Wikipedia and A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 247-251. Here

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 in the Mansfield registration district from 1837; for registration district history Mansfield registration district

Certificates may be obtained from:

The Register Office County House 100 Chesterfield Road South Mansfield NG19 7AQ Phone 01623 476564 Fax 01623 636284 email:mansfieldro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
Mansfield St Peter and St Paul parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Nottinghamshire Archives.

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
Mansfield 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

Military Memorials
War memorials - Brunts Grammar School, Mansfield 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, also War Memorial - Mansfield, Sutton and District Co-op Society Queen Street, Mansfield, W.W.1 and W.W.2, also War Memorial - Council Chamber Mansfield Town Hall, W.W.1 and W.W.2, and the War Memorial - Old Meeting House, Mansfield 1914-1918, and 1939-1945, with a Memorial carved on a piece of stone from Ypres August 1920. Also War Memorial - Municipal Baths, Mansfield, War Memorial - Pleasley Vale erected by William Hollins Ltd to thos who fell in both World Wars, War Memorial - General Post Office, Mansfield W.W.1. War Memorial - Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Mansfield for both World Wars, War Memorial - Mansfield, St. Augustine's W.W.1. War Memorial - Mansfield, St. John's - W.W.1. War Memorial - Mansfield St. Peter and St. Paul - To the men who fell in the South African War 1899-1902, W.W.1. Nottingham, The Meadows - St. George's, Inside burials dating from 1912, as well as War Memorial Plaques for both World Wars, Nottingham The Meadows both World Wars, Nottingham Arkwright St. St. Saviours - those buried inside the church, and also the W.W. 1 and 2, Memorials. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.91, pages 35-50, FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

Websites
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