Hawton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
HAWTON (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Newark, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 1½ mile (S. by W.) from Newark. The river Trent passes to the west of, and the river Devon runs through.

Additional information:

Hawton All Saints is an Ancient Parish about 2 miles from Newark on Trent.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project are researching the history of the church Hawton All Saints

The Church of All Saints has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Hawton 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.

This parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Hawton All Saints

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1564-1956 Marriages 1564-1984 Burials 1564-1901 Bishop's Transcripts 1608-1862 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

Hawton. A transcription of the memorial inscriptions, giving surname, given name, date of death, and age, beginning in 1729. The original is held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/15, and the transcription is in the Family History Society Magazine, vol. 64, page 12, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census records
Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Newark 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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