Hyson Green Nottinghamshire Family History Guide
Hyson Green is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire, created in 1844 from Lenton Ancient Parish and Radford St Peter Ancient Parish.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St Paul
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1843
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1843
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, General Baptist New Connexion, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
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Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895
Hyson Green, a suburb and ecclesiastical parish in the municipal and parliamentary borough and county of Nottingham, 2 miles from Nottingham station on the G.N.R., L. &N.W.R., and M.K., with a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.) under Nottingham.
The ecclesiastical parish comprises portions of Radford and Lenton parishes, and was constituted in 1844. Population, 16, 086. The inhabitants are largely employed in the cotton and silk mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value,, £310 with residence. The church, dedicated to St Paul, was built in 1843-44, and is in the Early English style. In 1889 it was enlarged by lengthening the nave eastward, and chancel, organ chamber, clergy and choir vestries were erected. In 1883 a chapel of ease was erected, dedicated to St Simon.
There are Baptist, Congregational, United Free Methodist, and Methodist New Connexion chapels. The Bumaby Conservative Club was opened in 1885, and comprises a large lecture hall, and billiard, reading, and reception rooms.
Source: The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales 1895 by Brabner, John Henry Fryden
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HYSON-GREEN, a suburb, a chapelry, and a subdistrict, in the district and county of Nottingham. The suburb lies on the Nottingham and Mansfield railway, about 1 mile NW of Nottingham; and has a post office under Nottingham.
The chapelry comprises portions of Radford and Lenton parishes, and was constituted in 1844. Pop. of the Radford portion, 2, 012; of the Lenton portion, 8 46. Houses, 41 5 and 169. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1844, and is in the early English style. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a national school for boys, built in 1845, and another for girls and infants, built in 1860.
The sub-district consists also of portions, but larger ones, of Radford and Lenton parishes. Pop. of the R. portion, 2, 569; of the L. portion, 992. Houses, 535 and 193.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Nottinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Radford
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Nottingham
- Poor Law Union: Radford
- Hundred: Broxtowe
- Province: York