Winkburn, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
WINKBOURN, a parish, in the union of Southwell, Southwell division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 4 miles (N.) from Southwell.

Additional information:

Winkburn St John of Jerusalem is an Ancient Parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire.

The Parish Church of St John of jerusalem has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Winkburn 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.

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Wink burn St John of jerusalem Baptisms 1542-1988 Marriages 1553-1907 Burials 1545-1992 Bishop's Transcripts 1601-1773 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
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Southwell 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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