Bunny, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Guide to 'Bunny, Nottinghamshire anncestry and family history: parish registers, census, birth, marriage, and death records.

Parish History
BUNNY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Basford, N. division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe,S. division of the county of Nottingham, 7½ miles (S.)from Nottingham.

Additional information:

Bunny St Mary the Virgin is known as "the Cathedral of the Wolds". For history of the church see the village website Bunny Village The 14th century church restored in 1890-1891 and 1911 has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage British listed building

The Bradmore Church Rooms have been researched by the Southwell and Nottingham Church History project Bradmore Church Rooms The rooms constitute a chapelry of the parish.

The tower and spire of Bradmore have been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

For history of Bunny Hall and the Wrestling Baronet Sir Thomas Parkyns see Bunny Wikipedia Bradmore 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.

This area was from 1837 part of the Basford registration district

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bunny St Mary the Virgin

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1556-1909 Marriages 1556-1901 Burials 1556-1998 Bishop's Transcripts 1600-1862&lt;br&gt;Nottinghamshire County Council&lt;br&gt;County Hall&lt;br&gt;West Bridgford&lt;br&gt;Nottingham&lt;br&gt;NG2 7QP telephone: 08449 808080 online&lt;br&gt;

Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection with

Bunny, St. Mary's. A transcription of Memorial Inscriptions, inside and outside the church dating from 1717, giving surname, given name, date of death and age. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Soc. Magazine, vol. 57, pages 21-28, FHL Ref 942.52 D25n

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

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.

Poor Law Unions
Basford 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851 *Vision of Britain

Websites
Bunny in GENUKI: www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Bunny/index.html