Thurgarton with Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
THURGARTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Southwell, Southwell division of the wapentake of Thurgarton and of the county of Nottingham, 3¼ miles (S. by W.) from Southwell. It is situated at the foot of a declivity overlooking the Trent. The Nottingham and Lincoln railway has a station here, 6½ miles from the Newark station.

HOVERINGHAM (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Southwell, Southwell division of the wapentake of Thurgarton and of the county of Nottingham, 5 miles (S.) from Southwell.

Additional information:

Thurgarton St Peter is an Ancient parish in the village and civil parish of Thurgaton in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire.

The history of the Priory Church has been researched by the Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project Thurgarton St Peter

The parish church of St Peter ( formerly a Priory Church) has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also The Priory Church of St Peter Thurgarton Wikipedia

The church was restored in 1853 by Thomas Chambers Hine, and parish registers exist from 1721, whereas earlier records were lost in 1780.The Ancient parish of Hoverngham St Michael was united with Thurgaton in 1848 to form a united benefice. See Hoveringham 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.

Church records
Thurgarton St Peter parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1721-2000 Marriages 1721-1992 Burials 1721-1991 Bishop’s Transcripts1627-1847

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

Thurgaton. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions dating from 1675, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. The original is held at Nottinhamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/29, and article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Magazine vol. 64, page 26, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Hoveringham parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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.

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