Trowell, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
TROWELL (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 5½ miles (W.) from Nottingham. The parish is bounded on the west by the river Erewash, separating it from Derbyshire.

Additional information:

Trowell St Helen is an Ancient Parish in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire. Part of the parish boundary forms the county boundary with Derbyshire neighbours Ilkeston, Derbyshire and Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the history of this parish Trowell St Helen

The Parish church of St Helen has been designated a grade II* listed building British listed building&lt;br&gt; fckLRfckLRSee also Trowell 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
Trowell St Helen parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1568-1956 Marriages 1570-1955 Burials 1568-1994 Bishop’s Transcripts 1621-1843

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

Trowell St Helen. An alphabetical listing of transcription of Memorial Inscriptions both inside and outside the Church, dated from 1760, giving surname, given name, date of death, and age at death. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 54, pages 44-49, Family History Library 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Websites
Trowell in GENUKI