Bircotes Christ Church, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

Parish History
Bircotes was within the parish of Harworth, Nottinghamshire

With the rapid expansion of mining in the area church building expanded; Bircotes Christ Church was built on Whitehouse Road and dedicated in 1924. The Barber Walker Company funded the Church and also built a Church Hall and Vicarage. Around a year later a Methodist Church developed on Waterslack Road. The church was later demolished; the records end in the 1950's. Southwell and Nottingham Church History project have not yet researched the history of the parish Unresearched parishes

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

Bircotes Christ Church

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1935-1953 Marriages 1936-1951 Burials 1935-1957 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. The Genealogical Society of Utah have no records relating to this parish.

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Refer to Harworth, Nottinghamshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Nottinghamshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes E -H to search for Harworth, Nottinghamshire 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