Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
RATCLIFFE-ON-TRENT (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, 5½ miles (E. by S.) from Nottingham. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Radcliffe-on-Trent St Mary is an Ancient parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project has researched this parish history St Mary

The parish church of St Mary has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building A group of 99 headstones are also listed.

See Radcliffe-on-Trent Wikipedia

This parish should not be confused with Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire Radcliffe, Lancashire The City of Manchester contains a suburb named Radcliffe which is served by a stop on the local Metrolink light rail system, consequently both settlements are listed on the National Rail network.

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
Radcliffe on Trent St Mary parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1632-1969 Marriages 1633-1959 Burials 1632-1951 Bishop's Transcripts 1626-1831 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

Radcliffe on Trent. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions dating from 1732, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. The original is held at Nottinhamshire Archives Ref DD/TS 19/26  and article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Magazine vol. 64, pages 20-21, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census Records
See 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
Bingham 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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Websites
Radford in GENUKI