Whatton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
WHATTON (St. John of Beverley), a parish, in the union, and N. division of the wapentake, of Bingham, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 2¾ miles (E.) from Bingham 3 containing, with the township of Aslacton. There is a place of worship for Weslevans.

Whatton is an Ancient Parish and includes Aslacton; it is sometimes referred to as Whatton in the Vale and is within the vale of Belvoir.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have described the church Whatton St John of Beverley

The parish church dates from the 11th century in part but rebuilding in 1846 and 1870 resulted in the present church on the site which has been designated a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Whatton Wikipedia

From this parish was formed Aslockton St Thomas, Nottinghamshire in 1891-1892

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1538-1902 Marriages 1538-1902 Burials 1539-1904 Bishop's Transcripts 1626-1851 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

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Court Records
Transcribed by Peters, Doreen. Extracts From the Nottingham Quarter Sessions Minute Books 1802. Alist of people who had defective Weights and Measures, Penalty and costs, dated 26 April 1802, in the area of Whatton, surnames are Parnham, Sherrack, and Kirk. Article availabe at Nottinghamshire Archeves Ref QSM 1/34, also in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 123, pages 46-51, FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

Poor Law Unions
Bingham 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Whatton (Whatton-in-the-Vale) in GENUKI