Attenborough, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
Attenborough St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire. Bramcote, Nottinghamshire is a chapelry of Attenborough. Other places in the parish include: Toton and Chilwell.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have researched the history of the church and parish Attenborough St Mary the Virgin

The church of St Mary the Virgin has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Attenborough Wikipedia for the suburb of Nottingham and contrast the modern urban area with an 1848 description   Lewis, Samuel A.  A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 108-112. Gazetteer

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
Attenborough St Mary

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1559-1901 Marriages 1560-1907 Burials 1559-1901 Bishop’s Transcripts 1601-1852 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Shardlow Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

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
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