Cromwell, Nottinghamshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Cromwell St Giles is an Ancient Parish; the church dates from the 13th century and was partly restored by Ewan Christian 1873-1876 and has been designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage. British listed building

Cromwell is one of only 4 Thankful Villages in Nottinghamshire with no fatalities in the 1914-1918 conflict.

The rectory and former Dower House is now home to the Vina Cooke Doll Museum and access to the church is via key held at the Museum.Doll Museum



Cromwell is adjacent to the A1 and five miles north of Newark Wikipedia

CROMWELL (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Southwell, N. division of the wapentake of Thurgarton, S. division of the county of Nottingham, 5¼ miles (N.) from Newark; containing 203 inhabitants, and comprising about 1400 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 2. 3½.; net income, £430; patron, the Duke of Newcastle. The tithes were commuted for land in 1773; the glebe consists of 248 acres, with a good glebe-house. The tower and chancel of the church, which are ancient, are in the early English style, and a window in the chancel is a beautiful specimen of the decorated. A boys' and girls' school is held in a room belonging to the rector, and is chiefly supported by him

See: Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 729-733. here

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Southwell Poor Law Union,Nottinghamshire

Probate records
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