Shelford, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
SHELFORD (St. Peter and St. Paul), is a parish, in the union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, 8 miles (E. N. E.) from Nottingham; containing, with the townships of Saxondale, and part of that of Newton.

Additional information:

Shelford St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish which included Shelford with Newton, Newton, and Saxondale. Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the history of the parish Shelford St Peter and St Paul

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Shelford Wikipedia and St Peter and St Paul Shelford 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.

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1563-2004 Marriages 1563-1993 Burials 1563-1992 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1865 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

Shelford. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions dating from 1748, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. The original is held at Nottinhamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/27 and article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Magazine vol. 64, pages 22-23, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Bailey, Bryan. Shelford Church Wardens Accounts 1831-1867. A listing of people paid by the Church, and the services rendered and the amount paid. The original is held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 2866, also in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 127, pages 47-86, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Bailey, Bryan. Shelford Banns 1754-1808, Listing gives Grooms name, and parish, Bride's name and parish, and month and year, 1754-1808, Original in Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 3559, Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, Vol. 115 page 65-67, also 1823-1894, pages 68-73, Nottinghamshire Archives Ref. PR 2861. FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

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
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
Shelford in GENUKI: www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Shelford/index.html