Barnby in the Willows, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BARNBY-IN-THE-WILLOWS (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Newark, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 4¼ miles (E. by S.) from Newark. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Flawford was a farm that anciently belonged to the Knights Templars.

Additional information:

Barnby-in-the-Willows All Saints is an Ancient Parish whose boundary forms part of the county boundary with Lincolnshire with neighbours Claypole, Lincolnshire and Beckingham, Lincolnshire

The church of All Saints dates from the 13th century and has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage listed building

The village and civil parish of Barnby-in-the-Willows is part of the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire.See also Barnby in the Willows 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 parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
Barnby in the Willows 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

Trascribed by Bailey, Bryan. Barnby Moor Population Census 1832. A list of the population taken by William Scott as Overseer of the Township of Barnby Moor and Bilby on 8 November 1832, Original at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 19,556, and in the Family History Society Magazine, vol. 109, page 59. FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Poor Law Unions
Newark 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
Barnby in the Willows in GENUKI