Upper Broughton (Broughton Sulney), Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire  Nottinghamshire Parishes

Parish History
BROUGHTON-SULNEY, a parish, in the union of Melton-Mowbray, S. division of the wapentake of Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles (N. W.) from Melton-Mowbray.

Additional information:

Upper Broughton St Luke (also known as Broughton Sulney in older records) is an Ancient parish in the Melton Mowbray area of Nottinghamshire whose parish boundary forms part of the county boundary with neighbour Old Dalby, Leicestershire.

The church was restored in 1855 by S.S. Teulon but originated about 1200 in part and has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage British listed building

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

Upper Broughton St Luke (Sometimes referred to as Broughton Sulney)

Deposited records at Nottinghamshire Archives Baptisms 1571-1906 Marriages 1591-1977 Burials 1571-1993 Bishop's Transcripts 1602-1852 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

Upper Broughton - Free Church. A Small Chapel Dated 1795. A transcription of the Memorial Inscriptions at Upper Broughton - Free Churchyard dating from 1818 onwards. Article in the Nottinghamshire Family History Scoiety Magazine, vol. 93, pages 42-43. Family History Library Ref. 942.52 D25n

Census records
see Nottinghamshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union, Leicestershire

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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