Harworth Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

Harworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Serlby, Plumtree, Norney, Martin, Limpole, Hesle, and Bircotes.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1626

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HARWORTH, a parish in Worksop district, Notts; adjacent to Yorkshire, 2 miles SE of Tickhill, and 2½ WSW of Bawtry r. station. It includes the hamlets of Norney, Serlby, and Martin; and its post town is Tickhill, under Rotherham.

Acres, 4, 320. Real property, £6, 577. Pop., in 1851, 595; in 1861, 925. Houses, 201. The property is much subdivided.

The manor, with Serlby Hall, belongs to Viscount Galway. Ruins of a convent are in a wood adjacent to Serlby Hall park.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £687. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk. The church is neat and good; consists of nave and chancel, with S porch and square tower; and contains several mural monuments.

There are a national school, and charities £101.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Nottinghamshire, Harworth – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Harworth, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Nottinghamshire, Harworth – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Harworth, 1626-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harworth (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Harworth, All Saints parish records, 1538-1929
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harworth (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

England, Nottinghamshire, Harworth. St. Mary Magdalene’s parish, 1866-1926
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harworth (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

Marriages, Harworth, Nottinghamshire, England, 1538-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harworth (Nottinghamshire); Blumhardt, E. K.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish chest material for Harworth, 1699-1918
Author: Harworth (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Harworth (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Harworth – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Harworth, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1763-1852
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, Harworth – Public records ( 1 )
Parish chest material for Harworth, 1699-1918
Author: Harworth (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Harworth (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Harworth – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest material for Harworth, 1699-1918
Author: Harworth (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Harworth (Nottinghamshire)

Administration

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