Retford St Saviour, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

[England]] Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Retford St Saviour was built in the 1820's as a chapel of ease to Clarborough, Nottinghamshire parish which was over two miles distant.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the church history Retford St Saviour

The church has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Retford 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.

From 1837 this parish was within East Retford registration district

Certificates may be obtained for post 1837 events:

Bassetlaw The Register Office County Council Offices Chancery Lane Retford DN22 6DG Phone:01777 708631 Fax:01777 860667 Email:bassetlawro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Retford st Saviour

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1833-1947 Marriages 1868-1959 Burials 1865-1978 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.

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
East Retford 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|Yorkshire 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