Grove, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
GROVE (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of East Retford, South-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 2¾ miles (E. S. E.) from East Retford.

Additional information:

Grove is an Ancient parish in Nottinghamshire, the present church replaced an earlier church on the site. See St Helen's Church Grove Wikipedia for a history of the site and current churches within the united benefice.

The church of St Helen Main Street Grove was built in 1882 by Hodgson Fowler and has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

see Grove Nottinghamshire 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.

From 1837 this parish was within East Retford registration district Certificates may be obtained for post 1837 events : Bassetlaw The Register Office County Council Offices Chancery Lane Retford DN22 6DG Phone:01777 708631 Fax:01777 860667 Email:bassetlawro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
Grove St Helen

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1726-1904 Marriages 1726-1902 Burials 1726-1906 Bishop’s Transcripts 1601-1836 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
Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
East Retford 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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