Caunton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes  Caunton



Parish History
Caunton St Andrew is an Ancient parish and included within the boundary Knapthorpe, Beesthorpe(sometimes spelled Besthorpe), and Deanhall

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project church history Caunton St Andrew

The church has been designated a grade I listed building Caunton St Andrew

See also Caunton Wikipedia

CAUNTON (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Southwell, N. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham,5½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Newark. There are places of worship for Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists.

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. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Southwell 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