Elkesley, Nottinghamshire Genealogy
Guide to Elkesley, Nottinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census, birth, marriage and death records.
| Elkesley, Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Elksley St Giles Nottinghamshire | |
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Bassetlaw |
| County | Nottinghamshire, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | East Retford |
| Registration District | East Retford |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1628 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1626 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Retford |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York |
| Location of Archive | |
| Nottinghamshire Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
ELKSLEY (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of East Retford, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 5 miles (S. by W.) from East Retford. [1]
Additional information:
Elkesley is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamhire Elkesley Wikipedia
Elkesley St Giles is an Ancient parish
Southwell and Nottingham Church History project are researching the history of the church and parish Elkesley St Giles
The parish church of Elkesley St Giles has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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.
From 1837 this parish was within East Retford registration district
Certificates may be obtained for post 1837 events :
Bassetlaw
The Register Office
County Council Offices
Chancery Lane
Retford
DN22 6DG
Phone:01777 708631
Fax:01777 860667
Email:bassetlawro.cc@nottscc.gov.uk
Church records[edit | edit source]
Elkesley, Nottinghamshire Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FMP = Nottinghamshire Parish Records (findmypast) - (£)[2] |
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Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection Elksley
Elkesley - St Giles. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions dated from 1717, both inside and outside the church, giving surname, given name, date of death, age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 59, pages 14-17, Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
East Retford Poor Law Union,Nottinghamshire
Probate records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
Elksley (Elcheslsig) in GENUKI
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Adapted. Date accessed: 07 December 2013.
- ↑ 'Nottinghamshire marriages 1528-1929,' findmypast, accessed 9 January 2015.
