Laxton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
LAXTON, or Lexington (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Southwell, South Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 2¾ miles (S. S. W.) from Tuxford; containing, with the hamlet of Moorhouse. At Moorhouse is a chapel of ease. There is a place of worship for Independents. William Chappell.

Additional information:

Laxton St Michael is an Ancient Parish which included Moorhouse; the civil parish is Laxton with Moorhouse in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire.Laxton Wikipedia

The parish church of St Michael High Street Edwinstowe has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

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
Laxton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Nottinghamshire Archives.

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

1811 Census - Laxton. Census of Laxton taken on 10 March 1811, showing given name, and surname head of household, and number of males, and females in each household. This was done for taking an account of the population of Great Britian. Taken from Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR 4796/1, transcription in Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 95, page 16-17, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n. Also 1821 Census, includes number of children, Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR4142, Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine vol. 95 pages 38-40, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Poor Law Unions
Southwell 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Laxton (Lexington and Lessington) in GENUKI