Sneinton St Christopher, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Parish History
Sneinton St Christopher with St Philip was dedicated on 1 December 1910 by the Bishop of Southwell. It was heavily damaged by a german incendiary bomb in 1941 and was rededicated after restoration in 1952. (See church records section for details of records of marriages conducted elsewhere)

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched a history of this church Sneinton St Christopher

See also Sneinton Wikipedia

For historical references to the Ecclesiastical history of Sneinton parishes A Vision of Britain through Time

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1902-1965 Marriages 1911-1941 1948-1965 ( refer to records of Sneinton St Philip & St Luke, Nottinghamshire ) Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [Nottinghamshire Probate Records|Yorkshire 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