A History of the Parish of Gedling, Notts

A superb history of this Nottinghamshire parish; includes all of the marriages in the parish registers from 1558 to 1812 plus 1663 Hearth tax and 1525 Lay Subsidy records.    

Price:  £15.11

North Nottinghamshire Original Register of Voters for the Year 1885

The register of persons entitled to vote at any election of a member to serve for the Northern division of the County of Nottingham, commencing 1885. There are 8936 electors listed in the register. Includes the persons full name, residential address and the reason they qualify to vote i.e. freehold land, freehold factory etc Interestingly it lists the number of properties each person owns and sometimes states what the buildings purpose was, e.g. free hold house and shop, bleach works as occupier. Indexed by district. A very useful book for those with Nottingham ancestors.    

Price:  £9.79

Nottingham Corporation Chamber & Bridge Estates 1848

Details of who held leases for land in these two estates, plus the taxes and rents that they paid to the Corporation. For example, Milton Street. George Shelton, lease expires 1866. Premises leased to John Shelton, namely, a public house in North Street, and two houses in Milton Street, Annual rent and land tax, ?16. 16/.    

Price:  £9.79

Nottingham Terrier 1903

A very unusual book. It contains lists of all the people in Nottingham who rented properties or land from the Nottingham City Council in 1903. Addresses, value of the rental, and even the condition of the properties. Everything from terraced houses to gardening allotments. This book has now been donated to the Brewhouse Yard Museum in Nottingham.    

Price:  £9.79

Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire - Pipe Rolls 1131-1307

Transcribed extracts, with notes, of early records (1131-1307). After Domesday, the most important county records are the Pipe Rolls. They contain county accounts and budget, including aid, taxes, scrutages, reliefs, fee farm rents, fines and amercements, and charges for work provided for the county or the King. Names of thousands of people are included, and family history information of immense value not available from any other source.    

Price:  £9.79

Nottinghamshire 1873 Return of Owners of Land

Lists every person in the county who owned 1 acre of land or more, with name, place, extent of land and its value.    

Price:  £8.94

Nottinghamshire County Records - 17th Century

This fascinating book includes extracts from the official records of the county. Not the dry, general ones, but all of those relating to petty crimes, disputes and incidents concerning normal every day people. Absolutely wonderful reading, and of course, with lots of people named in the various events. Family history information from the 1600s which just couldn't be found elsewhere.    

Price:  £9.79

Records of Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire in the 11th to 13th Centuries

Details of very ancient records of both counties covering the period from the 11th to 13th centuries. Transcriptions and abstracts from rare and ancient documents relating to families and their pedigrees and holdings of land. Immensely valuable for those studying the family history of the local people.    

Price:  £12.13

Records of the Borough of Nottingham Volumes 1 to 9 1155-1900

Nine large volumes, each about 500 pages, covering the records of Nottingham from 1155 to 1900, and published from 1882 onwards. Each of the earlier volumes are in Latin and with English translations on the opposite pages.
Each volume is fully indexed for names, places and subjects, and contains an immense amount of information about the history and people of Nottingham, their way of life, court cases, deeds, wills, etc.
   

Price:  £19.95

Register of Persons Entitled to Vote

Borough of Nottingham Book 1 - 1846 Book 2 - 1848-49 Book 3 - 1849-50 Unlike the normal "Poll Books", which were a record of those actually voting, these books contain the names and addresses of all persons entitled to vote in the election for a Member of Parliament. To be entitled to vote in the elections, a person must have owned a house or some land. These books state the names of the people, their place of abode, the nature of their qualification to vote, and the place where their property is situated. (The 1846 book is just a list of names and addresses of Freemen entitled to vote).    

Price:  £9.79

The Book of Nottingham 1926 and Lists of Nottingham Burgesses

The Book of Nottingham 1926 has many excellent photographs and descriptions of the history of Nottingham, its development, people and industries. Also Nottingham Burgess Enrolments. Particularly useful for genealogists, as it is one of the very few ways of finding out the occupation of people before the details shown in the 1841 census.    

Price:  £9.79

The Domesday of Inclosures for Nottinghamshire 1517

Details of those with inclosures of land in Nottinghamshire. A very rare resource, this 1904 copy is one of only 300 published.    

Price:  £9.79