Misterton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Misterton St Mary the Blessed Virgin Mary (West Stockwith) is an Ancient parish and the chapelry of Stockwith, Nottinghamshire was formed from this parish. The parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with neighbours Haxey, Lincolnshire and Owston, Lincolnshire

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

See also Misterton 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
Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1867-1911 Marriages 1893-1945 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
Gainsborough Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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