Willoughby on the Wolds Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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Willoughby on the Wolds is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Alternative names: Willoughby on the Woulds

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1680
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1627

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WILLOUGHBY-ON-THE-WOLDS, a parish, with a village, in the district of Loughborough and county of Nottingham; on the Fosse way, 7 miles ENE of Loughborough r. station. Post town, Loughborough.

Acres, 2,080. Real property, £3,739. Pop., 573. Houses, 134. The property is subdivided. Many Roman remains have been found; and the Roman Verometum is thought by some antiquaries to have been here. A battle, between the royalists and the parliamentarians, was fought in 1648 on Willoughby field.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £87. Patron, T. Dodson, Esq. The church is old, and has a tower and spire.

There are a national school, and charities £8.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Nottinghamshire, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Nottinghamshire, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, 1627-1844
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, St. Mary and All Saints parish registers, 1680-1896
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds (Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

Marriages at Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, 1682-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds (Nottinghamshire)

Parish chest materials of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, 1708-1815
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1813-1844
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds – Civil registration – Indexes ( 1 )
Loughborough Registration District : marriage index 1837-1911
Author:    Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

England, Nottinghamshire, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, 1708-1815
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, 1708-1815
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds (Nottinghamshire)

Administration

  • County:    Nottinghamshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Loughborough
  • Probate Court:    Court of the Manor of St John of Jerusalem or Shelford St Johns
  • Diocese:    Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery:    Bingham
  • Poor Law Union:    Loughborough
  • Hundred:    Rushcliffe
  • Province:    York