South Scarle, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
SCARLE, SOUTH (St. Helen), a parish, in the union, and N. division of the wapentake, of Newark, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 7½ miles (N. E. by N.) from Newark; containing, with Besthorpe chapelry. At Besthorpe is a chapel of ease.

Additional information:

South Scarle St Helen is an Ancient Parish from which chapelries at Girton, Nottinghamshire and Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire were formed.

The church which dates in part from the 12th century has been designated as a grade 1 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.

This parish was from 1837 within Newark registration district

Certificates can be obtained from:

Newark The Register Office County Offices Balderton Gate Newark NG24 1UW 01636 705455 01636 679259 newarkro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1680-1939 Marriages 1685-1901 Burials 1684-1902 Bishop's Transcripts 1598-1843 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

South Scarle Monumental Inscriptions. An alphabetical listing by surname, given name, date of death, and sometimes showing relationship, and age - transcription of the South Scarle Gravestones, dated from 1723, both inside and outside the Church. Transcription in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 19, pages 8-15, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Newark 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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