Skegby Nottinghamshire Family History Guide

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Skegby is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Nottinghamshire, created in 1771 from a chapelry in Mansfield St Peter and St Paul Ancient Parish.

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Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1569
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1626

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SKEGBY, a parish, with a village, in Mansfield district, Notts; 3 miles W of Mansfield r. station. It has a post-office under Mansfield.

Acres, 1,456. Real property, £2,466; of which £160 are in mines. Pop., 805. Houses, 156. The property is subdivided. Limestone is quarried; and stocking-making is carried on.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church is partly Norman.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Nottinghamshire, Skegby (near Mansfield) – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Skegby, near Mansfield, 1626-1823
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Skegby (near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Skegby, St. Andrew parish registers, 1569-1936 1569-1936
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Skegby (near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire); Nottinghamshire Archives Office

Marriages at Skegby, 1569-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Skegby

Parish registers for Skegby, near Mansfield, 1571-1959
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Skegby (near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)

Poor law records for Skegby, near Mansfield, 1807-1832
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Skegby (near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Skegby (near Mansfield) – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Skegby (near Mansfield), Nottingham, England ; christenings, 1813-1875
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Nottinghamshire, Skegby (near Mansfield) – Civil registration ( 1 )
Miscellaneous parish documents, 1684-1860
Author:    Sutton-in-Ashfield (Nottinghamshire)

England, Nottinghamshire, Skegby (near Mansfield) – History ( 2 )
A short history of St. Andrew, Skegby, Nottinghamshire
Author:    Cumming, Graham

The Story of Skegby and Stanton Hill
Author:    Clay-Dove, W. (William)

England, Nottinghamshire, Skegby (near Mansfield) – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records for Skegby, near Mansfield, 1807-1832
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Skegby (near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)

Administration

  • County:    Nottinghamshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Mansfield
  • Probate Court:    Manor of Skegby and Teversal
  • Diocese:    Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery:    Nottingham
  • Poor Law Union:    Mansfield
  • Hundred:    Broxtowe
  • Province:    York