Markham Clinton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Markham Clinton, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
MARKHAM, WEST, or Markham-Clinton (All Saints), a parish, in the union of East Retford, South Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 1¾ mile (N. W.) from Tuxford with the hamlet of Milton.

Additional information:

West Markham (Market Clinton) All Saints is an Ancient Parish which includes Beavercotes and Milton.

The parish church of All Saints has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the history of Milton Mausoleum

See also Bevercotes Wikipedia Milton 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 West Markham(Market Clinton) All Saints Baptisms 1653-1902 Marriages 1654-1950 Burials 1654-1902 Bishop's Transcripts 1626-1838 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

Milton - The Mausoleum. An alphabetical listing of Memorial Inscriptions, inside and outside the Church, giving surname, given name, date of death, and age, dated from 1852. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.78, pages 35-37, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

West Markham - All Saints. An alphabetical listing of Memorial Inscriptions, both inside and outside the Church, giving surname, given name, date of death, and age, dated from 1690. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 78, pages 37-39, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census Records
Nottinghamshire Census

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

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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Websites
Markham Clinton (West Markham) in GENUKI