Hawton Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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Hawton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1564
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAWTON, a village and a parish in Newark district, Notts. The village stands near the river Devon, 1½ mile SSW of Newark r. station; and was nearly destroyed during the civil war.

The parish comprises 2,160 acres. Post-town, Newark. Real property, £4,768; of which £600 are in quarries. Pop., 246. Houses, 47. The property is all in one estate. Large quantities of gypsum are found; and there are two brickfields.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £750. Patron, Robert Holden, Esq. The church is mainly early English, partly decorated English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a pinnacled tower; was repaired in 1843; and contains a piscina, sedilia, an Easter sepulchre, and some ancient monuments.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Nottinghamshire, Hawton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts of Hawton, 1608-1862.
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hawton (Nottinghamshire)

Church warden accounts for Hawton, 1811-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hawton (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Hawton, All Saints parish records, 1564-1956
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hawton (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

Marriages at Hawton, 1564-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hawton (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Hawton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Hawton, Nottingham, England ; christening, 1608-1611
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

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