South Collingham, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
COLLINGHAM, SOUTH (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union, and N. division of the wapentake, of Newark, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 5½ miles (N. N. E.) from Newark. There are two places of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

The parish of Collingham St John the Baptist was originally known as South Collingham and the extensive parish included Deanthorpe and Brough. the parish boundary forms the county boundary with the Lincolnshire parishes of Norton Disney, Lincolnshire and Stapleford, Lincolnshire

for history of the parish Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project

The church of St John the Baptist has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Collingham Wikipedia

See: Lewis,Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 663-668. here

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1558-1937 Marriages 1558-1931 Burials 1558-1905 Bishop's Transcripts 1609-1845 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

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.

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