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|Home of Robin Hood, and Lord Byron the poet, located in the East Midlands and bordered by Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire.
  
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Noted for its collieries and textiles, Nottingham lace being the finest around.
'''Nottinghamshire'''
 
  
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Other notable manufacturers are Raleigh Bicycles, Jesse Boot (the Chemist), John Player.
  
County town: Nottingham
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Nottingham’s famous inhabitants include Robin Bailey (actor), Eric Coates (composer), Torville and Dean (ice skaters) Harold Larwood (Cricketer),
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and D.H. Lawrence the author.
  
Other major towns: Hucknall, Mansfield, Sutton in Ashfield, Beeston, Worksop, Arnold and Newark-on-Trent
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'''County town:''' Nottingham
  
  
Home of Robin Hood, and Lord Byron the poet, located in the East Midlands and bordered by Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire.
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'''Other major towns:''' Mansfield, Hucknall, Beeston, Worksop, Newark-on-Trent
  
Noted for its collieries and textiles, Nottingham lace being the finest around. Other notable manufacturers are Raleigh Bicycles, Jesse Boot (the Chemist), John Player.
 
  
Nottingham’s famous inhabitants include Robin Bailey (actor), Eric Coates (composer), Torville and Dean (ice skaters) and Harold Larwood (Cricketer).<br>
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Nottinghamshire| Nottinghamshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
The Nottinghamshire Registration Service is split up into 5 different Registration Districts, each district holds their own local records.
 
  
Because boundaries have changed several times over the years, it is often advisable to make a telephone enquiry to establish which Register Office holds the records you require, the main offices for each district are listed below, they can direct you to an alternative office if required.
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandNottinghamshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Gazetteer.html Genuki Registration Districts]
 
  
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==Resources==
  
==Register Offices==
 
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
'''The City of Nottingham'''
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*[http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/libraries/Archives/ '''County Records Office''']
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*[http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/leisure/libraries/libraries-newlinc.htm County Library Gateway]
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*[http://www.nottsfhs.org.uk/ Nottinghamshire Family History Society]
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*[http://home.clara.net/daibevan/LookupExch/notts.htm Nottinghamshire Look Up Exchange]
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'''Countywide Interest'''  
  
The Register Office<br>
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*[http://nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/ Nottinghamshire Archives Worldwide Catalogue ] 
50 Shakespeare Street<br>
 
Nottingham<br>
 
NG1 4FP<br>
 
Tel 0115 9475665<br>
 
e-mail office.register@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/ian_charles_uk/pigots1830index.htm Pigots 1830 Directory of Nottinghamshire]
  
'''Ashfield District'''
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*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/dmv.htm Lost Village of Nottinghamshire]
  
Basford Register Office<br>
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nttsue/NTTpostDeathNotices1943.html Nottingham Evening Post, Death Notices December 1943]
"The Woodlands"<br>
 
Highbury Road<br>
 
Bulwell<br>
 
Nottingham<br>
 
NG6 9DA<br>
 
Tel: 0115 9271294
 
  
*Handwritten certificates (modern) while you wait, if they are not too busy.
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*[http://familyannouncements.thisisnottingham.co.uk Nottingham Evening Post Family Announcements (BMDs)]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engntt/ Nottinghamshire Genweb]
  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/notts.html A Wealth of Genealogical Links for Nottinghamshire]
  
'''Sutton-in-Ashfield District'''
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*[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/default.htm Nottinghamshire History]
  
Sutton Centre<br>
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/notts/nottinghamshire_workhouses.htm  Nottingham Workhouses]
High Pavement<br>
 
Sutton-in-Ashfield<br>
 
Nottinghamshire<br>
 
NG17 1EE<br>
 
Tel 01623 457677
 
  
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/ Old Nottinghamshire - Local & Family History]
  
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*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/preg01.htm Nottinghamshire Parish Records]
  
'''Bassetlaw District'''
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Parish.htm Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Parish Records]
  
County Council Offices<br>
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/pubs/others.htm Old Pubs, New Pubs and Alternative Names]
Chancery Lane<br>
 
Retford<br>
 
Nottinghamshire<br>
 
DN22 6DG<br>
 
Tel 01777 708631
 
  
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*[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/archdeaconry/parishes/clerks-1730-1864.phtml Parish Clerks, Proctors & Schoolteachers, 1730-1864]
  
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*[http://www.charliespage.co.uk/index.html Sharon and Ian Charles Nottinghamshire Research Site]
  
'''Mansfield District'''
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*[http://www.thorotonsociety.org.uk/ The Thoroton Society]
  
Mansfield District Register Office<br>
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*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/au/articles/convict_research.html Transportation of Convicts to Australia]
County Council Offices<br>
 
Dale Close<br>
 
100 Chesterfield Road South<br>
 
Mansfield<br>
 
Nottinghamshire<br>
 
NG19 7BD<br>
 
Tel 01623 476564
 
  
*Typed certificates while you wait, also will do scans of the register if the condition is not to frail.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdriver/news/Transportations.html Transported Convicts from Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions to Australia]
  
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*[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/collections/online-mss-catalogues/cats/an_presentment_bills_home.html Catalogue of Presentment Bills in the Archdeaconry of Nottingham archive]
  
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*[http://eastmidlandsgenealogy.webeden.co.uk/# East Midlands Genealogy]
  
'''Newark and Sherwood District'''
 
  
Newark District Register Office<br>
 
County Council Offices<br>
 
Balderton Gate, Newark<br>
 
Nottinghamshire<br>
 
NG24 1UW<br>
 
Tel 01636 705455
 
  
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'''Specific town and village interest'''
  
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*[http://www.barnby-in-the-willows.org.uk/ One Thousand Years of Barnby-in-the-Willows]
  
'''Rushcliffe District'''
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Bnprindex.htm Bingham Parish Records]
  
Rushcliffe District Register Office<br>
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*[http://www.broxtowehundred.co.uk My Broxtowe Hundred Journal]
The Hall<br>
 
Bridgford Road<br>
 
West Bridgford <br>
 
Nottinghamshire<br>
 
NG2 6AQ<br>
 
Tel 0115 9815307
 
  
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*[http://www.bunnyvillage.org.uk/index.htm Census & Parish Records for Bunny Village]
  
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*[http://www.carltoncensus.co.uk/index.htm Carlton-in-Lindrick]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.greasleyparish.com/yourgreasleymemories.htm  Greasley Parish]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/Greenhalgh%20village.htm Greenhalgh Web]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/par/Hiprindex.htm Hickling Parish Records]
  
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*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ron.britton/hucknalltorkardhistory/index.htm Hucknall Torkard History]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://huthwaite.org/genealogy/ Hucknall-under-Huthwaite]
  
*Nottinghamshire Archives [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=12 Kite Runner] '''NOT''' during Sch Holidays
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*[http://www.jacksdale.org.uk/ Jacksdale and Westwood]
  
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*[http://keyworth-history.org.uk/census/index.htm Keyworth History]
  
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*[http://kingsclipstone.yuku.com/ Kings Clipstone Community]
  
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*[http://www.lambleyheritage.co.uk/Can%20you%20help.htm Lambley Historical Society]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Lenprindex.htm Lenton Parish & Priory Records]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/ Lenton Times]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.archive.long-eaton.com/ Long Eaton and Sawley Archive]
  
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lost-mansfield/lmmisc/quaker1.htm Index of Mansfield Entries in Local Quaker Registers to 1837]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lost-mansfield/ Welcome to Lost Mansfield]
  
*Clarborough, St John the Baptist [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=194 Lynn The Forest Fan]
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*'''Wiki page: [[Newark]]'''
*Eastwood [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=265 lisaht]
 
*Greasley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=265 lisaht]
 
*Hayton, St Peter's Church (will take longer)  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=194 Lynn The Forest Fan]
 
*Kimberley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=265 lisaht]
 
*Nuthall [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=265 lisaht]  
 
*Shireoaks near Worksop [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=362 Vicky the Viking]
 
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~parishregisters/nottinghamshire/newark/newark.htm Newark - some Parish Register Transcriptions]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lesleydonald/ Normanton on Soar - a One-Place Study]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~burnettweb/index-page01.html Welcome to the Lordship of Normanton on Soar]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brianfjohnson/Cuckney/Cuckney.htm Norton Cuckney]
  
*North Nottinghamshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=779 Chrissie Smiff]
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*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/strays07.htm Nottinghamshire Stray Marriages in Lambley]
  
*Balderton, Newark, Farndon, Coddington, Hawton [http://www.familytreeforum.com/profile.php?do=newpm&u= Rosie Knees]
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*[http://www.nottinghamgoosefair.co.uk/ Nottingham Goose Fair]
  
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/data/churchdatabase/index.htm Nottinghamshire Parish Church Database]
  
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*[http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/ Churches of the Diocese of Nottingham & Southwell]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.charliespage.co.uk/1814.HTM Hodson's 1814 Directory, Nottingham]
  
'''Primary Reference Links'''
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*[http://www.stpetersnottingham.org/history/city.htm Nottingham, the City - St Peter's Church, Nottingham, England on-line Magazine]
  
*[http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/libraries/Archives/ '''County Records Office''']
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*[http://www.geocities.com/ian_charles_uk/pollbookindex.htm 1754 Poll Book For the Town of Nottingham]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/nottingham.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.rfkm.org/history_226252.html Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/nlha/societies.html Nottinghamshire Local History Society]
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*[http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/main.html Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project]
  
*[http://www.thorotonsociety.org.uk/ The Thoroton Society]
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp Southwell Union Workhouse]  
  
*[http://www.nottsfhs.org.uk/ Nottinghamshire Family History Society]
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/ash.burials.html Parliament Street Chapel & Burial Ground, Sutton-in-Ashfield]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engntt/ Nottinghamshire Genweb]
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/memorial/index.htm The Sutton-in-Ashfield War Memorial Project]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyNottingham.htm#PageTitle IGI Nottinghamshire]
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*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/woodboroughheritage/ Woodborough's Heritage]  
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/notts.html A Wealth of Genealogical Links for Nottinghamshire]
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*[http://www.judandk.force9.co.uk/worksop.html Worksop Workhouse and Memories of Worksop]
  
*[http://home.clara.net/daibevan/LookupExch/notts.htm Nottinghamshire Look Up Exchange]
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*[http://www.winthorpe.org.uk/village-history Winthorpe Village History]
  
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
 
  
*[http://www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk/dmv.htm Lost Village of Nottinghamshire]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nttsue/NTTpostDeathNotices1943.html Nottingham Evening Post Death  Notices December 1943]
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*[http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/england.htm Alan Godfrey Maps]  
  
*[http://familyannouncements.thisisnottingham.co.uk Nottingham Evening Post Family Announcements (BMDs)]
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*[http://www.photo-ark.co.uk/html/map1.ntt.html Nottingham and Newark Town Map dated 1835]
  
*[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/default.htm Nottinghamshire History]
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*[http://www.bassetlawmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=welchman  The Welchman Archive of Photographs]
  
*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/preg01.htm Nottinghamshire Parish Records]
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*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/churches/index.htm Nottinghamshire Church Photographs]
  
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Parish.htm Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Parish Records]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=nottinghamshire Gravestone Photographs]
  
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/ Old Nottinghamshire - Local & Family History]
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*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk Images of Nottingham Nottinghamshire Old & New]
  
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/pubs/others.htm Old Pubs, New Pubs and Alternative Names]
 
  
*[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/archdeaconry/parishes/clerks-1730-1864.phtml Parish Clerks, Proctors & Schoolteachers, 1730-1864]
 
  
*[http://www.charliespage.co.uk/index.html Sharon and Ian Charles Nottinghamshire Research Site]
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'''Books of local interest'''
  
*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/au/articles/convict_research.html Transportation of Convicts to Australia]
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*Victorian Nottingham - Michael Payne, in the 'Pocket images' series. ISBN: 978-0-7524-4639-4
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*Hucknall & District - Harry Smith, 'Pocket images' ISBN: 978-0-7524-4639-4
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*Arnold & Bestwood - M.W. Spick, 'Pocket images' ISBN: 978-0-7524-4639-4
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdriver/news/Transportations.html Transported Convicts from Nottingham Borough Quarter Sessions to Australia]
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==Register Office==
  
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The Nottinghamshire Registration Service is split up into 5 different Registration Districts, each district holding their own local records.
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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Because boundaries have changed several times over the years, it is often advisable to make a telephone enquiry to establish which Register Office holds the records you require. The main offices for each district are listed below, they can direct you to an alternative office if required.
  
*[http://www.barnby-in-the-willows.org.uk/ One Thousand Years of Barnby-in-the-Willows]
 
  
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Bnprindex.htm Bingham Parish Records]
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'''The City of Nottingham'''
  
*[http://www.broxtowehundred.co.uk My Broxtowe Hundred Journal]
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The Register Office<br>
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50 Shakespeare Street<br>
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Nottingham<br>
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NG1 4FP<br>
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Tel 0115 9475665<br>
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e-mail office.register@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
  
*[http://www.bunnyvillage.org.uk/index.htm Census & Parish Records for Bunny Village]
 
  
*[http://www.carltoncensus.co.uk/index.htm Carlton-in-Lindrick]
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'''Ashfield District'''
  
*[http://www.greasleyparish.com/yourgreasleymemories.htm  Greasley Parish]
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Basford Register Office<br>
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"The Woodlands"<br>
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Highbury Road<br>
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Bulwell<br>
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Nottingham<br>
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NG6 9DA<br>
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Tel: 0115 9271294
  
*[http://www.greenhalgh-web.co.uk/Greenhalgh%20village.htm Greenhalgh Web]
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*Handwritten certificates (modern) while you wait, if they are not too busy.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/par/Hiprindex.htm Hickling Parish Records]
 
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ron.britton/hucknalltorkardhistory/index.htm Hucknall Torkard History]
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'''Sutton-in-Ashfield District'''
  
*[http://huthwaite.org/genealogy/ Hucknall-under-Huthwaite]
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Sutton Centre<br>
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High Pavement<br>
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Sutton-in-Ashfield<br>
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Nottinghamshire<br>
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NG17 1EE<br>
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Tel 01623 457677
  
*[http://www.jacksdale.org.uk/ Jacksdale and Westwood]
 
  
*[http://keyworth-history.org.uk/census/index.htm Keyworth History]
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'''Bassetlaw District'''
  
*[http://groups.msn.com/KingsClipstoneCommunity/ Kings Clipstone Community]
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County Council Offices<br>
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Chancery Lane<br>
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Retford<br>
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Nottinghamshire<br>
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DN22 6DG<br>
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Tel 01777 708631
  
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/Lenprindex.htm Lenton Parish & Priory Records]
 
  
*[http://www.lentontimes.co.uk/ Lenton Times]
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'''Mansfield District'''
  
*[http://www.archive.long-eaton.com/ Long Eaton and Sawley Archive]
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Mansfield District Register Office<br>
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County Council Offices<br>
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Dale Close<br>
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100 Chesterfield Road South<br>
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Mansfield<br>
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Nottinghamshire<br>
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NG19 7BD<br>
  
*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lost-mansfield/lmmisc/quaker1.htm Index of Mansfield Entries in Local Quaker Registers to 1837]
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Tel 01623 476564<br>
  
*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lost-mansfield/ Welcome to Lost Mansfield]
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*Typed certificates while you wait. Will do scans of the register if the condition is not too fragile.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brianfjohnson/Cuckney/Cuckney.htm Norton Cuckney]
 
  
*[http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/strays07.htm Nottinghamshire Stray Marriages in Lambley]
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'''Newark and Sherwood District'''
  
*[http://www.nottinghamgoosefair.co.uk/ Nottingham Goose Fair]
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Newark District Register Office<br>
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County Council Offices<br>
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Balderton Gate, Newark<br>
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Nottinghamshire<br>
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NG24 1UW<br>
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Tel 01636 705455
  
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/data/churchdatabase/index.htm Nottinghamshire Parish Church Database]
 
  
*[http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/ Churches of the Diocese of Nottingham & Southwell]
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'''Rushcliffe District'''
  
*[http://www.stpetersnottingham.org/history/city.htm Nottingham, the City - St Peter's Church, Nottingham, England on-line Magazine]
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Rushcliffe District Register Office<br>
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The Hall<br>
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Bridgford Road<br>
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West Bridgford <br>
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Nottinghamshire<br>
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NG2 6AQ<br>
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Tel 0115 9815307<br>
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/ian_charles_uk/pollbookindex.htm 1754 Poll Book For the Town of Nottingham]
 
  
*[http://www.rfkm.org/history_226252.html Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/main.html Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp Southwell Union Workhouse]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/ash.burials.html Parliament Street Chapel & Burial Ground, Sutton-in-Ashfield]
 
  
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/memorial/index.htm The Sutton-in-Ashfield War Memorial Project]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.judandk.force9.co.uk/worksop.html Worksop Workhouse and Memories of Worksop]
 
  
*[http://www.winthorpe.org.uk/village-history Winthorpe Village History]
 
  
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
 +
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
'''Maps and Photographs'''
+
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=nottinghamshire Gravestone Photographs]
 
  
*[http://www.picturethepast.org.uk Images of Nottingham Nottinghamshire Old & New]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/england.htm Alan Godfrey Maps]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/churches/index.htm Nottinghamshire Church Photographs]
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
*[http://www.photo-ark.co.uk/html/map1.ntt.html Nottingham and Newark Town Map dated 1835]
 
  
*[http://www.bassetlawmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=welchman  Bassetlaw Museum - The Welchman archive]
 
  
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 10:16, 16 May 2023

Home of Robin Hood, and Lord Byron the poet, located in the East Midlands and bordered by Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire.

Noted for its collieries and textiles, Nottingham lace being the finest around.

Other notable manufacturers are Raleigh Bicycles, Jesse Boot (the Chemist), John Player.

Nottingham’s famous inhabitants include Robin Bailey (actor), Eric Coates (composer), Torville and Dean (ice skaters) Harold Larwood (Cricketer), and D.H. Lawrence the author.

County town: Nottingham


Other major towns: Mansfield, Hucknall, Beeston, Worksop, Newark-on-Trent


Nottinghamshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia


Resources

Primary Reference



Countywide Interest


Specific town and village interest


Maps and Photographs


Books of local interest

  • Victorian Nottingham - Michael Payne, in the 'Pocket images' series. ISBN: 978-0-7524-4639-4
  • Hucknall & District - Harry Smith, 'Pocket images' ISBN: 978-0-7524-4639-4
  • Arnold & Bestwood - M.W. Spick, 'Pocket images' ISBN: 978-0-7524-4639-4

Register Office

The Nottinghamshire Registration Service is split up into 5 different Registration Districts, each district holding their own local records.

Because boundaries have changed several times over the years, it is often advisable to make a telephone enquiry to establish which Register Office holds the records you require. The main offices for each district are listed below, they can direct you to an alternative office if required.


The City of Nottingham

The Register Office
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FP
Tel 0115 9475665
e-mail office.register@nottinghamcity.gov.uk


Ashfield District

Basford Register Office
"The Woodlands"
Highbury Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 9DA
Tel: 0115 9271294

  • Handwritten certificates (modern) while you wait, if they are not too busy.


Sutton-in-Ashfield District

Sutton Centre
High Pavement
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 1EE
Tel 01623 457677


Bassetlaw District

County Council Offices
Chancery Lane
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 6DG
Tel 01777 708631


Mansfield District

Mansfield District Register Office
County Council Offices
Dale Close
100 Chesterfield Road South
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG19 7BD

Tel 01623 476564

  • Typed certificates while you wait. Will do scans of the register if the condition is not too fragile.


Newark and Sherwood District

Newark District Register Office
County Council Offices
Balderton Gate, Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1UW
Tel 01636 705455


Rushcliffe District

Rushcliffe District Register Office
The Hall
Bridgford Road
West Bridgford
Nottinghamshire
NG2 6AQ
Tel 0115 9815307


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