West Drayton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
DRAYTON, WEST, a chapelry, in the parish of East Markham, union of East Retford, South-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Tuxford.

Additional information:

West Drayton St Paul was formed originally as a chapelry in East Markham, Nottinghamshire Ancient Parish and as an Ecclesiastical Parish from 1632.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of this church and parish West Drayton St Paul

The church of St Paul has been designated a grade II* listed building British listed building

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
West Drayton 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
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 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
West Drayton in GENUKI