Kimberley, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
KIMBERLEY, a hamlet, and formerly a chapelry, in the parish of Greasly, union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham. There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Kimberley Holy Trinity was formed as an Ecclesiastical parish from Greasley, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish.

Holy Trinity church was built in 1847 and the parish formed in 1848.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project are researching the history of this church in progress

See also Kimberley Wikipedia

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
 * See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

This area was from 1837 part of the Basford registration district

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Nottinghamshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Nottinghamshire ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Military
War Memorial - Main Road Junction with Green Lane, Kimberley. A transcription of the W.W.1 and 2, Memorials, giving Surname, and initials of the given name. Article in The Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 87, page 51, FS Library Ref 942.52 D25n

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
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Kimberely in GENUKI