Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
SIBTHORPE (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Newark and of the county of Nottingham, 6¾ miles (S. S. W.) from Newark. Thomas de Sibthorpe founded a chantry in the church, and subsequently erected it into a college for a warden, nine chaplains, three clerks, and four choristers; he also added four chapels, in honour of St. Anne, St. Katharine , St. Margaret , and St. Mary.

Additional information:

Sibthorpe St Peter is an Ancinet Parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire.

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project has researched the parish history Southwell St Peter

The parish church of St Peter has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Sibthorpe 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.

Church records
Sibthorpe St Peter parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1720- 1903 Marriages 1721-1901 Burials 1721-1904 Bishop's Transcripts 1613-1853 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

Sibthorpe - St. Peter's. A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions inside, and outside the church, dating from 1777, listing surname, given name, date of death, and age at death. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 63, pages 33-34. FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

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.

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