Widmerpool Genealogical Records
Widmerpool Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable transcript of baptism registers, essentially recording births, but may also include places of residence and occupations.
Transcriptions of 206 parish baptism registers. They list children, their parents' names, residences, occupations and sometimes other details.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
Widmerpool Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable database containing a transcription of the marriage registers of Widmerpool. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1540.
A transcript of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They are the primary marriage document before 1837. They typically record residence and marital status, though may contain age, father's name and other details.
Brief notes on marriages that occurred at the church between 1540 and 1901.
An index to over 150,000 licences to marry applied for from the Diocese of York.
Widmerpool Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Transcriptions of records from burial registers. Records document an individual's date of death and/or burial, age and residence. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records covering those buried at Good Shepherd, Widmerpool_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
Transcriptions of 183 parish burial registers. They list the name of the deceased, the date of their death and/or burial and sometimes other details, such as age and occupation.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Widmerpool Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A list of those eligible to vote in the north of the county.
Transcriptions of the hearth tax returns of Nottinghamshire for the years 1664 and 1674.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Widmerpool
A local paper including news from the Derby area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A local paper including news from the Nottingham area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Leicester area.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the Leicester district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Derby area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Widmerpool Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to wills, proved by the Derby Probate Registry. Index includes name, residence and year of probate. Contains entries for Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and other counties.
Widmerpool Immigration & Travel Records
An index to Nottinghamshire-born people who were transported to Tasmania as punishment for committing a criminal offence.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Widmerpool Military Records
Articles relating to a Midlands infantry regiment and its predecessors
A chronicle of events in the county during the Civil War and profiles of the key personalities.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
Widmerpool Court & Legal Records
A list of those eligible to vote in the north of the county.
Early records investigating deaths in Nottinghamshire.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Widmerpool Taxation Records
Transcriptions of the hearth tax returns of Nottinghamshire for the years 1664 and 1674.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Widmerpool Land & Property Records
An English translation of Nottinghamshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
Widmerpool Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A collection of directories detailing the history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents of Nottinghamshire.
Widmerpool Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Nottinghamshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Widmerpool Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Widmerpool Histories & Books
Selected issues of a periodical which contains many historical and genealogical tracts relating to the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
An English translation of Nottinghamshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A collection of articles covering various aspects of Nottinghamshire's history, such as Robbin Hood, war, industry, agriculture, charity and much more.
An accessible history of the country, its settlements, nobility and gentry.
Widmerpool School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Widmerpool Occupation & Business Records
Details concerning agriculture on the Wolds, including oral histories.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the Midlands region of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Widmerpool
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Widmerpool Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
An accessible history of the country, its settlements, nobility and gentry.
A series of articles on the country house and halls of the county gentry and the families who lived in them.
Photographs and descriptions of Nottinghamshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Widmerpool Church Records
Photographs of Anglican churches in the county of Nottinghamshire.
A list of Catholics in Nottinghamshire who refused to attend Anglican churches.
A history of caves in the county, their habitation and use.
A list of declared Quakers in the county and a list of Quaker meeting places.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Biographical Directories Covering Widmerpool
Transcriptions of works containing biographies and genealogical gleanings of Nottinghamshire men and women.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Widmerpool Maps
A collection of maps charting Nottinghamshire, including geological, rail and sociological maps.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Widmerpool Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
WIDMERPOOL is a small village and parish, with a station one mile from the village on the Nottingham and Melton Mowbray branch of the Midland railway, 9 miles south-east from Nottingham and 9 north-east from Loughborough, in the Rushcliffe division of the county, southern division of the wapentake of Rushcliffe, Nottingham petty sessional division, Bingham union and county court district, rural deanery of South Bingham, archdeaconry of Nottingham and diocese of Southwell. The church of St. Peter is a stone building in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles; the spire was destroyed by lightning in 1832: there are 3 bells, two dated 1608 and the third dated 1709: the church was thoroughly restored in 1888, at a cost of £2,457, when considerable additions were made, the nave new-roofed, new carved oak reading desk and pulpit and organ erected and a stained west window inserted: in the south aisle is a tablet recording the restoration as a memorial to Andrew Low, by his daughter, Harriet Annie Robertson: during the period 1888—95 a new porch and chancel were erected, and extensive restoration effected, at a cost of £9,000, wholly defrayed by Major G. C. Robertson and his wife: there are 100 sittings. The register dates from the year 1539, the early records being in good condition.
The living is a rectory, net yearly value £287, derived from 460 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Maj. George Coke Robertson, and held since 1870 by the Rev. Arthur Thorold Wood, of St. Bees. A village reading room was erected in 1889 at the sole expense of Mrs. G. C. Robertson. Widmerpool Hall, the seat of Major George Coke Robertson J.P. lord of the manor and sole landowner, is a spacious mansion of Bath and Clipsham stone, with a clock tower and terraces at each end: the interior decorations are very elaborate: the grounds are tastefully laid out and kept in excellent order. The soil is heavy clay, with limestone underneath The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 2,106 acres; rateable value, £2,823; the population in 1901 was 158.
Crow Hill is half a mile north.
Public Elementary School (mixed), for 50 children; average attendance, 33.
Most Common Surnames in Widmerpool
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Rushcliffe Wapentake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harding | 10 | 1:14 | 12.82% | 887 |
| 1 | Marriott | 10 | 1:14 | 0.98% | 41 |
| 3 | Evans | 8 | 1:18 | 1.61% | 111 |
| 3 | Sanders | 8 | 1:18 | 4.10% | 336 |
| 3 | Astley | 8 | 1:18 | 88.89% | 4,096 |
| 6 | Matthews | 7 | 1:20 | 2.41% | 213 |
| 6 | Hallam | 7 | 1:20 | 0.51% | 24 |
| 8 | Lane | 6 | 1:24 | 1.16% | 101 |
| 9 | Dove | 5 | 1:28 | 1.82% | 228 |
| 10 | Stevens | 4 | 1:35 | 1.13% | 160 |
| 10 | Hull | 4 | 1:35 | 4.17% | 716 |
| 10 | Tinkler | 4 | 1:35 | 7.41% | 1,192 |
| 10 | Camm | 4 | 1:35 | 2.56% | 420 |
| 14 | Brookes | 3 | 1:47 | 2.54% | 571 |
| 14 | Sherwin | 3 | 1:47 | 7.32% | 1,472 |
| 14 | Idle | 3 | 1:47 | 50.00% | 5,553 |
| 14 | Wakerly | 3 | 1:47 | 50.00% | 5,553 |
| 18 | Cooper | 2 | 1:71 | 0.14% | 20 |
| 18 | Robertson | 2 | 1:71 | 9.09% | 2,237 |
| 18 | Ford | 2 | 1:71 | 0.80% | 246 |
| 18 | Boulton | 2 | 1:71 | 4.00% | 1,278 |
| 18 | Garton | 2 | 1:71 | 1.56% | 527 |
| 18 | Freestone | 2 | 1:71 | 3.77% | 1,212 |
| 18 | Herriott | 2 | 1:71 | 11.76% | 2,674 |
| 18 | Mottishaw | 2 | 1:71 | 11.11% | 2,571 |
| 26 | Jones | 1 | 1:141 | 0.12% | 52 |
| 26 | Taylor | 1 | 1:141 | 0.03% | 3 |
| 26 | Wood | 1 | 1:141 | 0.07% | 16 |
| 26 | Jackson | 1 | 1:141 | 0.06% | 13 |
| 26 | Morris | 1 | 1:141 | 0.14% | 70 |
| 26 | Ward | 1 | 1:141 | 0.06% | 10 |
| 26 | Gibson | 1 | 1:141 | 0.16% | 83 |
| 26 | Holland | 1 | 1:141 | 0.13% | 62 |
| 26 | Sinclair | 1 | 1:141 | 6.67% | 2,915 |
| 26 | Herbert | 1 | 1:141 | 1.47% | 984 |
| 26 | Hubbard | 1 | 1:141 | 0.64% | 420 |
| 26 | Oakes | 1 | 1:141 | 2.00% | 1,278 |
| 26 | Fell | 1 | 1:141 | 0.66% | 438 |
| 26 | Henson | 1 | 1:141 | 0.17% | 91 |
| 26 | Allcock | 1 | 1:141 | 0.25% | 135 |
| 26 | Brewster | 1 | 1:141 | 0.87% | 591 |
| 26 | Shephard | 1 | 1:141 | 0.65% | 434 |
| 26 | Hodgkins | 1 | 1:141 | 25.00% | 7,295 |
| 26 | Elkington | 1 | 1:141 | 33.33% | 8,511 |
| 26 | Redshaw | 1 | 1:141 | 14.29% | 4,963 |
| 26 | Murrey | 1 | 1:141 | 33.33% | 8,511 |
| 26 | Paling | 1 | 1:141 | 0.53% | 344 |
| 26 | Ellen | 1 | 1:141 | 25.00% | 7,295 |
| 26 | Blissett | 1 | 1:141 | 100.00% | 11,697 |
| 26 | Screaton | 1 | 1:141 | 2.33% | 1,420 |