Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
PERLETHORPE, a chapelry, in the parish of Edwinstowe, union of Southwell, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 2¼ miles (N. by W.) from Ollerton.

Additional information:

Perlethorpe St John the Evangelist was formed as an Ecclesiastical Parish in 1836 from chapelry in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire Ancient parish and is in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire. The civil parish is Perlethorpe-cum-Budby

A history of the church has been researched by the Southwell and Nottingham Church History project Perlethorpe

The Parish Church of St John has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

See also Perlethorpe 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
Perlethorpe St John the Evangelist parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1555-1900 Marriages 1555-1981 Burials 1555-1901 Bishop’s Transcripts 1621-1866

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

Perlethorpe, St. John. Transcription of Memorial Inscriptions inside and outside the Church, dating from 1831, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol.63, pages 21-23, FHL 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

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
Perlethorpe in GENUKI