Elkesley, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
ELKSLEY (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of East Retford, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 5 miles (S. by W.) from East Retford.

Additional information:

Elkesley is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamhire Elkesley Wikipedia

Elkesley St Giles is an Ancient parish

Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of the church and parish Elkesley St Giles

The parish church of Elkesley St Giles has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

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.

From 1837 this parish was within East Retford registration district Certificates may be obtained for post 1837 events : Bassetlaw The Register Office County Council Offices Chancery Lane Retford DN22 6DG Phone:01777 708631 Fax:01777 860667 Email:bassetlawro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Elkesley - St Giles. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions dated from 1717, both inside and outside the church, giving surname, given name, date of death, age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 59, pages 14-17, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
East Retford 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
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Elksley (Elcheslsig) in GENUKI