Worksop St Mary and St Cuthbert, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Guide to Worksop St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.



Parish History
WORKSOP (St. Mary and St. Cuthbert), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 26 miles (N.) from Nottingham, and 146 (N. N. W.) from London; containing, with the chapelry of Shireoaks, and the townships of Gateford , Haggonfield , Osberton , Radford , and Scofton. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans; and, near the site of the manor-house, a chapel for Roman Catholics, who are numerous in the neighbourhood.

Additional information:

Worksop Priory, St Mary and St Cuthbert is an Ancient Parish in the market town and included within its boundary Shireoaks and Haggonfield, Ratcliffe, Worksop and Radford, Clumber, Gateford, Haggonfield, Hardwick, Rayton, Manton, Kilton, Ryton, Scofton, Shireoaks, Sloswick, and Radford. The parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with neighbours Anston cum Membris, Yorkshire and Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire.

From this parish were formed:

Worksop St John British listed building

Worksop St Anne British listed buliding



The Priory church of St Mary and St Cuthbert and priory remains have been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Worksop Wikipedia and Worksop Priory 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.

For history of civil registration in this area see Worksop Registration District

Church records
Worksop St Mary and St Cuthbert parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Records are also available at the Nottinghamshire Archives.

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Military
Newton, M. Nottingham Journal - of Newark, Gainsborough, Retford, Worksop, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Grantham and Sheffield Advertiser - January 11th 1800, Nottinghamshire Regiement of militia - List of Volunteers Discharged into his Majesty's Regular Forces. Article gives date of Discharge, persons name, and Parish dated July 22nd-November 10th. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 88 pages 24-27, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

1811 Census - Worksop. Census of Worksop taken on 10 March 1811, showing given name, and surname head of household, and number of males, and females in each household This was done for taking an account of the population of Great Britian. Taken from Nottinghamshire Archives Ref PR M420, transcription in Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 95, page 18-33, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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
Worksop 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
Worksop in GENUKI