Balderton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BALDERTON (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Newark, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 2 miles (S. E.) from Newark.

Additional information:

Balderton St Giles is an Ancient parish in one of the largest villages in Nottinghamshire.

The church dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1880 and has been designated as a grade I listed building by English Heritage British listed building Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of the parish Balderton St Giles

The parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with Lincolnshire and is so extensive that it neighbours 4 Lincolnshire parishes.

RAF Balderton opened in 1941 as an air base Balderton was known as USAAF Station AAF-482 for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location. It's USAAF Station Code was "BD".

Balderton 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.

This parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

Church records
Balderton 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

Transcribed by Mills, Harold. Balderton Freehold List 1806. Part of the Duke of Newcastle's estate in Neward and area. An alphabetical listing of people, and their address in the article from the Nottinghamshire Archives Ref C/QA/CP 5/6/230 and also in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 109 page 65-69, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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
Newark 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.

Property
Mills, Harold. Valuation List for the Parish of Balderton in the County of Nottingham 1892-1896. List gives name of Occupier, name of Owner, Description of Property, and name or situation of property. Original held at Nottinghmshire Archives Ref PaC 23/31, trancription in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol. 113, pages 1-30 FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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
Balderton in GENUKI