England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Cotgrave lies in southeastern Nottinghamshire about 6 miles southeast of the city of Nottingham. Cotgrave is a large village, almost a small town, lying in lanes just a mile west of the A46 road (the ancient Fosse Way) which connects Newark on Trent with the city of Leicester. The Grantham Canal which connects Grantham to Nottingham passes through the north of Cotgrave parish. Cotgrave is largely built around a crossroads of lane but has spread to the southeast in recent times with modern developments serving a substantial commuter population. At the time of this transcript Cotgrave would have been largely supported by arable farming, albeit the local limestone was quarried for building stone, the presence of gypsum within the Jurassic clays also provided some income. Cotgrave is drained northwards by a number of small streams all heading for the nearby Trent and eventually the North Sea through the Humber estuary. Cotgrave is sited at around 40 metres above the sea and land to the north slopes gently down to the Trent Valley, to the south local heights top out at just above 80 metres on Hoe Hill. Cotgrave parish was one of the larger in this area, it covered 3,500 acres and would have supported a population of around 850 parishioners. In Domesday times Cotgrave was shared by two Normans, Roger of Poitou & Ralph of Buron, the parish could offer 16 ploughs as well small meadows & woodland. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 22nd April 1754 - 30th May 1773 | Nottinghamshire Archives - Reference - PR/7622 | Nonstandard but preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register. It is nonstandard in having just 2 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of the entries makes for a challenging read and leads to a possibility of a few misreads |
2 | 12th July 1773 - 22nd December 1812 | Nottinghamshire Archives - Reference - PR/7623 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 5th January 1813 - 15th February 1837 | Nottinghamshire Archives - Reference - PR/7624 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Radcliffe
on Trent St Mary
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Tithby
Holy Trinity
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Tollerton St
Peter
Plumtree St Mary |
Cropwell Bishop
St Giles
Owthorpe St Margaret |
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Plumtree
St Mary
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Plumtree St
Mary
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