Stapleford Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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Stapleford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1656
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include: General Baptist, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STAPLEFORD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Shardlow and county of Nottingham.

The village stands on the river Erewash, ½ a mile SE of Sandiacre r. station, and 6 WSW of Nottingham; carries on silk and lace manufacture; and has a post-office under Nottingham.

The parish comprises 1,450 acres. Real property, £4,866. Pop. in 1851, 1,968; in 1861, 1,729. Houses, 382. The property is much divided. S. Hall was built in 1797 by Admiral Warren, and is now the seat of I. Wright, Esq.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £155. Patron, H. Morris, Esq. The church is very old.

There are chapels for Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and an endowed school.

The sub-district contains 7 parishes and a part. Pop., 8,952. Houses, 2,004.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stapleford, 1603-1844
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Stapleford (Nottinghamshire)

Church records, 1820-1922
Author:    Long Eaton Circuit (Nottinghamshire : United Methodist)

England, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford, St. Helen parish registers, 1655-1938
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Stapleford (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

England, Somerset, Radstock, Primitive Methodist Circuit, Church records, 1843-1907
Author:    Primitive Methodist Church. Radstock Circuit (Somersetshire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

Marriages at Stapleford, 1656-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Stapleford (Nottinghamshire)

Sunday School attendance registers, 1809-1842
Author:    Long Eaton Circuit (Nottinghamshire : Methodist)

England, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Stapleford, Notts., Eng

Parish register printouts of Stapleford, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1813-1844
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford – History ( 3 )
A collection of views of old Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
Author:    Taylor, Ralph Penniston

A history of Stapleford
Author:    Miller, George

The Stapleford chronicle
Author:    Millgate, Dorothy; Bullwinkle, Alan; Stapleford Parish Council (Stapleford Cambridgeshire, England)

England, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford – Land and property – 19th century ( 1 )
Poor rate book, 1815
Author:    Stapleford (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Stapleford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. – 19th century ( 1 )
Poor rate book, 1815
Author:    Stapleford (Nottinghamshire)

Administration

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