Greasley, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

England Nottinghamshire

Parish History
Greasley St Mary is an Ancient Parish which included: Cantelupe, Chahworth, Moor Green, Moorgreen, Brunsley, Watnall Cantelope, Watnall Chaworth, Brinsley, and Newthorpe.

Ahistory of the church is available Greasley St Mary

The church of St Mary dates from the mid 15th century and was restored in 1753, 1772, 1832, 1882 and has been designated a grade II listed building by English Heritage British listed building

Greasley as such does not exist as a village today; the Nottingham north east urban area includes Giltbrook, Moorgreen (often confused with Greasley), Newthorpe, Watnall and parts of Eastwood, Kimberley and Nuthall For further information about these districts see Greasley 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
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Brinsley St James the Great

Baptisms 1861-1943 Marriages 1861-1955 Burials 1861-1960

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

Census records
See Nottinghamshire Census

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

Web sites
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