Selston with Underwood and Westwood, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to: Selston with Underwood and Westwood, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.

Parish History
SELSTON (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Broxtow and of the county of Nottingham, 9 miles (S. W.) from Mansfield; containing, with the hamlets of Bagthorpe and Underwood.

SELSTON WITH UNDERWOOD AND WESTWOOD, is an ecclesiatical parish in Nottinghamshire.

Additional information:

Selston is an Ancient parish which includes: Bagthorpe, Westwood, and Underwood.

The Parish Church of St Helen Selston has been designated a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Selston Wikipedia

From this parish developed:

The Parish church of St Michael and All Angels Church Lane Selston dating from 1890 and which has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project have researched the history of Underwood St Michael and All Angels Underwood St Michael and All Angels The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels Underwood has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The Churchyard contains the Pye Hill Colliery Headstock memorial which was dedicated by the Bishop of Sherwood the Rt. Reverend R. Darby on 28th September 1985

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 area was from 1837 part of the Basford registration district

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

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1557-1900 Marriages 1557-1911 Burials 1558-1931 Bishop's Transcripts 1626-1838

Selston St Mary (Westwood)

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1899-1948 Marriages 1903-1961 Burials 1899-1981

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

Underwood St Michael and All Angels

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1890-1977 Marriages 1897-1954 Burials 1890-1973 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

Census Records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Genealogy From Periodicals
Martin, Shirley. The Martin Family. History and descendants of William Martin who married (1)Jane Frisby, 29 March 1725 and (2) Elisabeth Broughton, 1743 at Oundle Parish, Northants, with their children being baptised there. Descendants appear to move to Tansor, Northamptonshire, Coston, and Warmington, Notts, Selston. Surnames listed: Broughton, Thorrow, Pentiloe, Pywell, Chambers, Bailey, Ellis, Tall, Sheffield, Brudenell, Bloodworth, Sanderson, Hight and Housden. Article dated 1725-1975, and is found in Footprints, vol.6.no.3. pages77-78. Family History Library Ref. 942.55 D25fo vol. 6.no.3.

Poor Law Unions
Basford 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851


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Websites
Selston in GENUKI