Beeston, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
BEESTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Basford, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 3¾ miles (S. W. by W.) from Nottingham with the hamlet of Beeston-Ryelands.

Additional information:

Beeston St John the Baptist is an Ancient parish which included Beeston Ryelands.

Beeston may also refer to the later parish development in this suburb of Nottingham. For a history of Beeston see Beeston wikipedia which includes a history of the Methodist church in this parish. Church history

Beeston St John the Baptist ( known as St John) is a 15th century church rebuilt in 1842 by Scott and Moffat and enlarged in 1876. It has been designated a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed building

See also St Mary the Virgin Beeston and 1861 church of St Michael and All Angels Beeston and Stapelford 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.

This area was from 1837 part of the Basford registration district

Church records
Beeston 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

Court Records
Beeston Executions 1832. Some particulars of the life, trial, behaviour of George Beck, George Hearson, and John Armstrong, who were exectued on Wed 1 February. 1832. Original at Nottinghashire Archives, Ref DD 763/8, page 48-50, transcription in Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 117, pages 48-50, 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
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 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
Beeston in GENUKI