Nottingham St Mary the Virgin, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire

Parish History
The oldest religious foundation in the City of Nottingham and the largest mediaeval building, St Mary the Virgin in the Lace Market is the Ancient Parish in the city and one of the three mediaeval parish churches.

The present church dates from the 15th Century and Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the church history St Mary the Virgin in the Lace Market

The church of St Marythe Virgin has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

See Nottingham St Mary the Virgin Wikipedia which includes Anglican parishes in the city formed from within the Ancient Parish.

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.

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Nottingham 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

Web sites
Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.