Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
STURTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of East Retford, North-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 6 miles (E. N. E.) from East Retford, with the hamlet of Fenton.

Additional information:

Sturton le Steeple St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire which included Fenton within the extensive parish boundary which forms part of the county boundary with neighbours Knaith, Lincolnshire and Lea, Lincolnshire on the opposite bank of the River Trent.

For the connection to one of the Mayflower settlers John Robinson see Sturton le Steeple Wikipedia

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

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:

Sturton le Steeple St Peter and St Paul Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1646-1983 Marriages 1654-1900 Burials 1638-1983 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1845 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

Bailey, Brian. Misterton Scrapbook. The Scrapbook mainly concerns Methodism and was possibly compiled by James Stothard of Misterton, a farmer. He included the Gainsborough (Wesleyan Methodist) circuit which included West Stockwith, Misterton, Beckingham, Walkeringham, Sturton and Bole with a list of members, some starting as early as 1817. The original is held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD 793/1. Transcription is in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 121, pages 73-88 with an alphabetical listing. FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Sturton le Steeple (Streeton le Steeple or Struton-in-the-Clay) in GENUKI