Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
HUCKNALL-TORKARD (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 6½ miles (N. N. W.) from Nottingham. The river Leen flows past the eastern boundary of the parish. The parish contains places of worship for General Baptists, and Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists.

Additional information:

Hucknall ( known in older records as Hucknall Torkard from 1295-1915) is a town north east of Nottingham City Centre, which contains in its Ancient Parish Church, St Mary Magdalene in the Market Place the family vault of Lord Byron. The church is also known locally as St James. Further churches were formed from the Ancient Parish:


 * Hucknall Torkard St John, Nottinghamshire built 1877
 * Hucknall Torkard St Peter and St Paul built 1892 Hucknall St Peter and St Paul Wikipedia

The church of St Mary Magdalene dates from the 12th century and has been designated a grade II* listed building by English Heritage British listed building

The colliery town of Hucknall was also home to RAF Hucknall and the development of Rolls Royce engine testing.

See also Hucknall WikipediaRAF Hucknall 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:

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

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

Hucknall - St. John the Evangelist. Inside the church is a War memorial to those who fell in W.W. 1, and the names are engraved in a stained glass window. Alphabetical listing of others who have died from this church. giving surname, given name, and date of death, some are engraved in the glass window. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 91, page 49-50, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Basford Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

Bailey, Bryan. Extracts From Hucknall Torkard Overseers of the Poor Accounts 1813-1823. A list of people liable to serve as Overseers of the Poor - the list actually starts in 1782. The original list is avaliable at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 9709/1 also in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol. 123, pages 31-32. FHL 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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