Plumtree, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
PLUMTREE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bingham, partly in the S. division of the wapentake of Bingham, and partly in the N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 5½ miles (S. S. E.) from Nottingham. The church, which is principally in the Norman style, was repewed in the year 1818. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Plumtree St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish which included Normanton on the Wolds and Clipsby within its boundary.

Southwell and Nottingham Church history project history of the church Plumtree St Mary the Virgin

The parish Church of St Mary the Virgin has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

See also Plumtree wikipedia and Church of St Mary the Virgin Plumtree 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
Plumtree St Mary parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1558-1902 Marriages 1558-1952 Burials 1558-1901 Bishop’s Transcripts 1602-1862

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

Plumtree - St Mary's. Transcription of the Stone Cross outside the church for W.W.1 and 2. giving surname, given name, and the Battalion they belonged to. Article in Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, page 60, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

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
Bingham 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
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Websites
Plumtree ore Plumtre in GENUKI