Greasley, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
GREASLEY, a parish, in the union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles (N. W.) from Nottingham with the hamlets of Brinsley, Kimberley, Moorgreen, Newthorpe, Watnall-Cantelupe, and Watnall-Chaworth.

Additional information:

Greasley St Mary is an Ancient Parish which included: Cantelupe, Chahworth, Moor Green, Moorgreen, Brunsley, Watnall Cantelope, Watnall Chaworth, Brinsley, and Newthorpe.

A history of the church is available Greasley St Mary

The church of St Mary dates from the mid 15th century and was restored in 1753, 1772, 1832, 1882 and has been designated a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed building

From this parish Brinsley St James the Great was formed (registers date from 1861) and this was united with Underwood in the 1950's.

Greasley as such does not exist as a village today; the Nottingham north east urban area includes Giltbrook, Moorgreen (often confused with Greasley), Newthorpe, Watnall and parts of Eastwood, Kimberley and Nuthall For further information about these districts see Greasley 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.

This area was from 1837 part of the Basford registration district

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

Greasley St Mary

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1600-1922 Marriages 1600-1943 Burials 1601-1958 Bishop's Transcripts 1601-1830 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Brinsley St James the Great

Baptisms 1861-1943 Marriages 1861-1955 Burials 1861-1960

See also Kimberley, Nottinghamshire

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Basford Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

Bailey, Bryan. Greasley and Norwell Poor 1816/1817. List of those out of work in Greasley 1816/1817, including christian names and surnames. Also available at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref C/QACP/5/593-107. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Mag. vol. 131, pages5-6. Family History 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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