Codnor and Loscoe, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes  Codnor and Loscoe



Parish History
Codnor and Loscoe St James is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1844 from Heanor, Derbyshire Ancient Parish, Pentrich, Derbyshire Ancient Parish, and Denby, Derbyshire Ancient Parish and part of Codnor Park extra-parochial.The parish church is at Cross Hill.

The church of St James at Crosshill was built in 1844 from public subscription.

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
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Derbyshire Census

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 Derbyshire 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