Stapleford, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
STAPLEFORD (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of Shardlow, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 5¾ miles (W. S. W.) from Nottingham. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Stapleford St Helen is an Ancient parish in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire. The Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the church and parish Stapleford St Helen

The church of St Helen has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also

St Helen's Church Stapleford Wikipedia

Stapleford website and A church history

Parish website

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.

Shardlow registration District GRO volumes : XIX (1837-51); 7b (1852-1946); after 1935 Beeston and Stapleford transferred to Nottinghamshire

The Shardlow historical registration Registers are now held at The Register Office, Royal Oak House, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AR. Tel: 01332 256526/35/36. Fax: 01332 256525. E-mail: registeroffice@derby.gov.uk

Church Records
Stapleford St Helen parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1655-1963 Marriages 1656-1952 Burials 1655-1903 Bishop's Transcripts 1603-1844 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Stapleford St Andrew's Mission

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1936-1949 and a single entry for 1983

Stapleford Monumental Inscriptions. An alphabetical listing by surname, given name, date of death, and sometimes showing relationship, and age - transcription of the Stapleford Gravestones, dated from 1768. Transcription in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 19, pages 16-18, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Occupation
Transcribed by Bailey, Bryan, Certificates for Using Hair Powder Issued 1795-1978. For each Nottinghamshire Parish, gives the Cerificate no. date, surname, given name, and description. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol.127, page 1-38, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n - the original is at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref QDT 1/1-4.

Poor Law Unions
Shardlow Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

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
Stapleford in GENUKI