West Bridgford Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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West Bridgford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Bassingfield, Gamston, and Gamston with Basingfield.

Alternative names: West Bridgeford

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRIDGFORD (West), a township and a parish in Basford district, Notts. The township lies on the Grantham canal, near the Midland railway, 2 miles SE of Nottingham. Pop., 280. Houses, 58. The parish contains also the township of Gamston; and includes part of the village of Bassingfield, which has a post office under Nottingham. Acres, 1,720. Real property, £3,360. Pop., 390. Houses, 76. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £588. Patron, J. Musters, Esq. The church is good; and there is an endowed school, with £27 a year.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Nottinghamshire, West Bridgford – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Bridgford, 1603-1842
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of West Bridgford (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, West Bridgeford, St. Giles parish records, 1559-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of West Bridgford (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

Marriages at West Bridgford, 1559-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of West Bridgford (Nottinghamshire)

Miscellaneous parish documents, 1620-1836
Author:    West Bridgford (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, West Bridgford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of West Bridgford, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1752-1842
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, West Bridgford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish documents, 1620-1836
Author:    West Bridgford (Nottinghamshire)

Administration

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