Harworth, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Harworth, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
HARWORTH (All Saints), is a parish, in the union of Worksop, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 2¾ miles (W. S. W.) from Bawtry. It lies on the western verge of the county, between Blyth and Tickhill. The hamlets of Hesley and Limpool are part of Harworth, Martin forms the north-eastern hamlet, near Bawtry; and Serlby hamlet or manor. It includes part of the townships of Styrrup and Oldcoates the rest of which is in the parish of Blyth.

Additional information:

Harworth All Saints is an Ancient Parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire and includes Bircotes, Hesle, Limpole, Serlby, Norney, Plumtree, and Martin.The civil parish is that of Harworth and Bircotes Bircotes Wikipedia

The Parish Church of All Saints Church Lane Harworth has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The graveyard contains the burial of Tom Simpson(30 November 1937–13 July 1967) Wikipedia Find a Grave

See Harworth Wikipedia

From this parish Bircotes Christ Church, Nottinghamshire was formed built in 1924 by the Barber Walker Company who also built the Church Hall and Vicarage.

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.

For history of civil registration in this area see Worksop Registration District

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

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Nottinghamshire Archives.

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Harworth in GENUKI