Staunton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
STAUNTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Newark, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 6¾ miles (S.) from Newark; containing, with the chapelry of Flawborough. There is a chapel of ease at Flawborough.

Additional information:

Staunton St Mary or Staunton in the Vale is an Ancient Parish and from it was formed the chapelry of Flawborough, Nottinghamshire. The extensive parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with neighbour Long Bennington, Lincolnshire

Church History Staunton St Mary

The Parish church of St Mary has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

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.

This parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1654-1901 Marriages 1655-1901 Burials 1654-1905 Bishop's Transcripts 1608-1842 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

Staunton. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions dating from 1329, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. The original is held at Nottinhamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/28 and article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Magazine vol. 64, pages 25-26, Family History Library 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
Newark 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
Staunton Chapel in GENUKI: www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/StauntonChapel/index.html