Gotham Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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Gotham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Gotham Parish Registers

Gotham Marriages 1558 to 1812 Nottingham Parish Registers: Marriages. Vol. 5 Rushcliffe Wapentake: First Part. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and G. C. Robertson Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Date of publication: 1903 – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GOTHAM, a village and a parish in Basford district, Notts. The village stands 3 miles NE of Kegworth r. station, and 7 SSW of Nottingham; was anciently called Goat’s-home, from goats having been much cherished by its inhabitants; figures in a black letter book, called “The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham,” written by Dr. Andrew Borde, the original “merry Andrew, ” and containing facetious stories which have long circulated in nurseries; consists now of only a few cottages; and has a post office under Derby.

The parish comprises 2, 740 acres. Real property, £3, 339. Pop., 771. Houses, 177. The property is much subdivided. Part of the surface is moor. Limestone and gypsum occur; and bricks are made. Some of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, 513. Patron, rotationally Earl Howe, Lord St. John, and G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and has a tower and spire.There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Nottinghamshire, Gotham – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Gotham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Parish chest material for Gotham, 1698-1882
Author: Gotham (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham

England, Nottinghamshire, Gotham – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts (Gotham Parish), 1605-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham

England, Nottinghamshire, Gotham, St. Lawrence parish registers, 1560-1937
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham; Nottinghamshire Archives Office

Marriages at Gotham, 1560-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham

Parish chest material for Gotham, 1698-1882
Author: Gotham (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham

England, Nottinghamshire, Gotham – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Gotham, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1813-1859
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, Gotham – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest material for Gotham, 1698-1882
Author: Gotham (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham

England, Nottinghamshire, Gotham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest material for Gotham, 1698-1882
Author: Gotham (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham

England, Nottinghamshire, Gotham – Public records ( 1 )
Parish chest material for Gotham, 1698-1882
Author: Gotham (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham

England, Nottinghamshire, Gotham – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest material for Gotham, 1698-1882
Author: Gotham (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Gotham

Administration

  • County: Nottinghamshire
  • Civil Registration District: Basford
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Bingham
  • Poor Law Union: Basford
  • Hundred: Rushcliffe
  • Province: York