Saundby, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes



Parish History
SAUNDBY (St. Martin), a parish, in the union of Gainsborough, North-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 2½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Gainsborough. The church is in the later English style, with portions of an earlier date, and a very handsome tower built, according to an inscription on one of the stones, in 1500.

Additional information: The redundant Anglican parish church of Saundby St Martin of Tours was an Ancient Parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire and part of the parish boundary forms the county boundary with Gainsborough Holy Trinity, Lincolnshire which lies two miles to the east of the river Trent. The church is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust St Martin of Tours Wikipedia Churches Conservation Trust

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

See also Saundby 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
Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1563-1967 Marriages 1563-1962 ( there is a single entry for 1968 also) Burials 1563-1977 Bishop's Transcripts 1600-1844 Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Gainsborough Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

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.

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