Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

Burton Joyce is an Ancient Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire. Bulcote is a chapelry of Burton Joyce.

Alternative names: Burton Joyce with Bulcote, Burton Lodge

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1559
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Bulcote
• Gedling
• Lowdham with Gunthorpe and Caythorpe
• Shelford
• Lambley

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURTON-JOYCE, a village in Basford district, and a parish in Basford and Southwell districts, Notts. The village stands on the river Trent, adjacent to the Midland railway, 5 miles NE by E of Nottingham; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Nottingham. The parish includes also the chapelry of Bulcote. Acres, 1,940. Real property, £3,076. Pop., 834. Houses, 177. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the families of successively Forz, Joaz, and Stapleton. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Bulcote, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £145. Patron, the Earl of Chesterfield. The church is ancient but good; has a tower and spire; and contains a number of monuments. There are an Independent chapel of 1869, and a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

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Census

Census returns for Burton-Joyce, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Burton-Joyce, 1600-1866 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burton-Joyce (Nottinghamshire)

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

Parish register printouts of Burton-Joyce Cum Bulcote, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1813-1866 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Land and property

Parish chest material for Bulcote, 1848-1927 Author: Bulcote (Nottinghamshire)

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Parish chest material for Bulcote, 1848-1927 Author: Bulcote (Nottinghamshire)

Public records

Parish chest material for Bulcote, 1848-1927 Author: Bulcote (Nottinghamshire)

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

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