East Retford, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to East Retford, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records

Parish History
RETFORD, EAST (St. Swithin), a borough and market-town, and the head of a union, in the North Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 32 miles (E. N. E.) from Nottingham, and 144 (N. by W.). The parish comprises by measurement 171 acres. There are places of worship for General Baptists, Independents, Ranters, and Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Retford St Swithun is an Ancient parish in the market town of Retford in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire.

The Parish Church of St Swithun dates from the 13th century in part and has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

Retford St Saviour was formed from this parish; Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the parish created from the 1829 consecration of St Saviour as a chapel of Ease Retford St Saviour

Retford Area Team Ministry now unite the Retford parishes St Swithun website history

Retford St Saviour website

See also:East Retford 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 event: 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:

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Retford - St. Saviour's. Transcription of Memorial Inscriptions both inside and outside the church. dating from 1820. An alphabetical listing giving surname, given name, sometimes year of birth, date of death, and age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 87, pages 11-12, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

East Retford - Baptist Chapel. Transcription of Memorial Inscriptions of the Church Yard, giving surname, given name, date of death, and age. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine vol. 87 page 13-14, FHL Ref. 942.52 D25n

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
East Retford in GENUKI: East Retford