Ollerton, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
OLLERTON, a market-town and chapelry, in the parish of Edwinstowe, union of Southwell, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 18½ miles (N. N. E.) from Nottingham. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Additional information:

Ollerton St Giles is an Ancient Parish in the civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire.

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project is researching the history of the church and parish Ollerton St Giles

The church of St Giles has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The Parish church of St Paulinus which dates from 1931 has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

See also Ollerton 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
Ollerton 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 Records
War Memorial - Ollerton, Old Newark Road. War Memorials, - for W.W.1, W.W.2, Cyprus and Northern Ireland, giving surname, initials of given names. The Cypriot War Memorial is for Gillott, Terence Arthur who died on active service 28 Augsut 1956 aged 21 years. Northern Ireland is for McGonicle, Stephen Russell Cpl. killed on active service 4 May 1989, age 30 years. Transcription of these Memorials is in Nottinghamshire Family History vol. 91, page 28, 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.

Transcribed by Chettle, Jim, and Bailey, Bryan. Nominal Rolls of the Earl of Scarbrough's School, Ollerton 1848-1860. Nominal roll showing the present state of Earl Scarborough's Endowed School, for the years 1848-1860, giving pupil's given name, surname, age, place of residence under what terms admitted and date of admission. Original held at Nottinghamshire Archives Ref DD.SR 214/1-24, and the transcription in the Nottinghamshire Family History Society Magazine, vol. 115, pages 1-46, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Poor Law Unions
Southwell 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
Ollerton (formerly Alereton or Allerton) in GENUKI: Alston, Lancashire, England