Linby, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
Linby St Michael is an Ancient Parish which neighbours the extra parochial area of Newstead Priory, Nottinghamshire.

The church of St Michael originated in the 12th century and was restored in 1898 and 1914 and has been designated a grade II* listed building by English heritage British listed building

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of this parish but no information has yet been published work in progress

See also Linby Wikipedia

LINBY, or Lyndby (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 7¾ miles (N. N. W.) from Nottingham.

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
Linby St Michael parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1692-1901 Marriages 1692-1941 Burials 1692-1946 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1835 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Basford 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.

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