Normanton on Trent, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
NORMANTON-UPON-TRENT (St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of East Retford, N. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 3¾ miles (E. S. E.) from Tuxford. This parish, which is bounded on the east by the river Trent. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.

Additional information:

Normanton on Trent St Matthew is an Ancient Parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching this parish Normanton on Trent

The Parish Church of St Matthew has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed Building

See also Normanton on Trent 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1673-1849 Marriages 1685-1972 Burials 1672-1946 Bishop's Transcripts1603-1853 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
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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