Laneham Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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Laneham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1637

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LANEHAM, a parish, with a village, in East Retford district, Notts; on the river Trent, at the boundary with Lincoln, 2¾ miles SSW of Cottam r. station, and 5¾ NE of Tuxford. Post-town, Dunham-on-Trent, under Newark.

Acres, 1,605. Real property, £ 4,168. Pop., 376. Houses, 86. The manor is held, under the Archbishop of York, by R. Glossop, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £120. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is old but good, and has a tower.

There are a Wesleyan chapel and charities £13.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Nottinghamshire, Laneham – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Laneham, 1637-1858
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Laneham (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Laneham, St. Peter parish registers, 1568-1893
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Laneham (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

Marriages at Laneham, 1566-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Laneham (Nottinghamshire)

Parish chest materials of Laneham, 1614-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Laneham (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Laneham – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Laneham, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1760-159
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, Laneham – Court records ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Laneham, 1614-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Laneham (Nottinghamshire)

Administration

  • County: Nottinghamshire
  • Civil Registration District: East Retford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of York
  • Diocese: Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Retford
  • Poor Law Union: East Retford
  • Hundred: Bassetlaw
  • Province: York