Annesley, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
Annesley is an Ancient Parish which includes in the parish boundary the hamlets of Annesley-Woodhouse and Wandesley, and the extraparochial district of Felly

The 12th century church of All Saints fell into disuse and is now in ruins and have been listed as an Ancient monument. Ruined church listing The church is referred to in literature by both Lord Byron and D.H. Lawrence who lived in the county.

The present church of All Saints  was built in 1874 closer to the colliery housing as the mining community of the "new" village grew.

The church of All Saints was rebuilt in 1907 following fire and has been designated a grade II* listed building by English Heritage British listed building

See also Annesley All Saints and Annesley 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 area was in the Basford registration district

Church records
Annesley All Saints

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1599-1959 Marriages 1599-1955 Burials 1599-1881 Bishop’s Transcripts 1605-1867 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
Basford 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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