West Drayton Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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West Drayton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire, created in 1632 from a chapelry in East Markham Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1632
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1627

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DRAYTON (West), a parish in East Retford district, Notts; on the river Mann, adjacent to the Great Northern railway, 3½ miles NNW of Tuxford. Post town, Markham, under Newark.

Acres, 1, 390. Real property, £696. Pop., 96. Houses, 20. The property is all in one estate.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of East Markham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is substantial; and there are charities £48.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Nottinghamshire, West Drayton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Drayton, 1627-1846
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of West Drayton (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, West Drayton, Saint Paul’s parish registers, 1632-1836
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of West Drayton (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

England, Nottinghamshire, West Drayton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of West Drayton, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1760-1846
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, West Drayton – Land and property ( 1 )
Terrars, 1770-1825
Author:    West Drayton (Nottinghamshire)

Administration

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