New Radford, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
RADFORD (St. Peter), a parish, and the head of a union, in the S. division of the wapentake of Broxton, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Nottingham. This parish, which was part of the ancient forest of Sherwood. The old village is situated on the river Leen; the new one forms a modern suburb stretching from the western limits of Nottingham, on the Derby and Alfreton roads. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Radford's development created a number of parishes in New Radford and this page may refer to more than one parish:

Christ Church Cinderhill is within the New Radford area and was built as a chapel of ease to Basford, Nottinghamshire and the subsequent ecclesiastical parish  included Kensington, New Coleorton, and part of Hyson-Green Gazeteer reference to the parish

Southwell and Nottingham Church history project have researched this parish Cinderhill Christ Church

The church of Christ Church Cinderhill Nuthall Road has been designated as a grade II listed building listed building

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
Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Radford 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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