Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BILSTHORPE (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Southwell, South-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 5 miles (S.) from Ollerton.

Additional information:

Bilsthorpe St Margaret is an Ancient parish and has two names locally, Old Bilsthorpe to denote the original Settlement and New Bilsthorpe the new development around the village.

Bilsthorpe St Margaret has been designated a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Bilsthorpe 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bilsthorpe St Margaret

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1654-1968 Marriages 1655-1951 Burials 1655-1983 Bishop's Transcripts 1627-1853

Bilsthorpe St Luke Baptisms 1932-1939 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

Bilsthorpe - St Margaret, and St. Margaret Extension. An alphabetical listing of transcription of Memorial Inscriptions both inside and outside the Church, dating from 1750, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 70, pages 20-23, 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
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
Bilsthorpe in GENUKI