Cottam Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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Cottam is a chapelry of South Leverton Ancient Parish in Nottinghamshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: Holy Trinity

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1695
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

COTTAM, a chapelry, in the parish of South Leverton, union of East Retford, North-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 8 miles (E. by S.) from East Retford; containing 89 inhabitants, and comprising 625 acres. The chapel is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Nottinghamshire, Cottam – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts of the chapelry of Cottam, 1600-1864.
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Cottam (Nottinghamshire)

Nottinghamshire, England, marriages 1659-1857
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Cottam (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of East Drayton (Nottingham); Church of England. Parish Church of North Leverton (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Owthorpe (Nottinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of South Leverton (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Cottam – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Cotham, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1815-1841
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Cottam, Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1744-1864
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Cottam, Nottingham, England ; marriages, 1776-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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