Normanton on Soar, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire



Parish History
Normanton on Soar St james is an Ancient Parish.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Normanton on Soar like this:

NORMANTON-UPON-SOAR, a village and a parish in the district of Loughborough and county of Nottingham. The village stands on the river Soar at the boundary with Leicester, adjacent to the Derby and Leicester railway, 2¼ miles N N W of Loughborough; and has a post-office, of the name of Normanton, under Loughborough. The parish comprises 1, 500 acres. Real property, £2, 869. Pop., 360. Houses, 79. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to J. N. Buckley, Esq. There are market-gardens, brick-fields, and lime-kilns. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, not reported. Patrons, J. N. Buckley, Esq., and others. The church is old but good; and consists of nave and large chancel, with tower and lofty spire. There are a free school and some small charities.

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
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Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Loughborough Poor Law Union, Leicestershire

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

Web sites
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