Radford St Peter, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
RADFORD (St. Peter), a parish, and the head of a union, in the S. division of the wapentake of Broxton, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Nottingham. The Peverel court is held in Radford, to try please its jurisdiction and extends over the whole of the honour of Peverel, and several in the counties of Leicester and York. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Radford St Peter is an Ancient parish which included New Coleorton and Kensington. the district is now close to the City centre but was formerly a village and the church was rebuilt in 1812.

The church of St Peter Hartley Road Nottingham has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

see also St Peter's Church Radford Wikipedia Radford Nottingham Wikipedia From this parish were formed

Radford St Michael and All Angels, Nottinghamshire

New Radford, Christ Church, Nottinghamshire

Radford All Souls, Nottinghamshire Lenton Boulevard (1894)

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Civil Registration
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Church Records
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Church of England
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Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records
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1821 Census - Radford. Gives forename, surname, number of males and females in the household. Original article held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 14,751, transcription in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 95, pages 41-51, FS Library Ref 942.52 D25n

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

Poor Law Unions
Radford Poor Law Union,Nottinghamshire

Transcribed by Boot, Sam. Radford St Peter's Poor Rate Assessment 1807. A rate or assessment made on the several Inhabitants and Occupiers of Land within the Parish of Radford for and towards the necessary relief of the Poor with in the said Parish at the rate of two Shillings in the pound made and approved 24 December 1807. A list of names and the amount given. Available from the Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 14,691, and also in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol. 123, pages 60-75, FS Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

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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