Aslockton (or Aslacton)
- The parish was in the Bingham sub-district in the Bingham Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2717 |
- The old chapelry was dedicated to Saint John of Jerusalem, but that chapel was in ruins in the 1800s.
- The church is dedicated to Saint Thomas.
- The church was built between 1890 and 1892.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Thomas Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
- The church is a grade 2 listed building by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
- This place was formerly a chapelry attached to Whatton, but the chapel was long in ruins by 1881.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1538 and would likely be under Whatton parish.
- This parish is not included on the International Genealogical Index (IGI).
- The church was in the rural deanery of Bingham.
- The Primitive Methodists had a chapel here by 1869.
- The parish was in the Bingham sub-district in the Bingham Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This village, township and parish are about 116 miles north of London, 2.5 miles east-by-north of Bingham and 12 miles due east of Nottingham. The River Smite passes through the parish. The parish covers 1,191 acres.
The village name is often spelled as "Aslocton" or "Aslacton". If you are planning a visit:
- The core of the village is designated as a Conservation Area to preserve the historic nature.
- By automobile, the village is just north off of the A52 trunk road, heading east out of Nottingham.
- By rail, the village is served by the East Midlands Trains, generally with hourly service to Nottingham.
- Check the Carlberry site for Bus 56 service.
- Doctor Thomas CRANMER, Archbishop of Canterbury, was born here on 2 july, 1480.
- In 1881, the old Manor House stood on a farm belonging to Mr. John HUTCHINSON of Bingham.
- The national grid reference is SK 7440.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- There is wooden panel War Memorial in the church that dates from 1954. There are no names on the plaque.
- This place was an ancient chapelry and township in Scarrington parish in Nottingham county, but became a modern Civil Parish in December of 1866.
- This parish was in the Broxtowe Hundred or Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
- Several sources place the parish as being in the Bingham Hundred.
- You may contact the Aslockton Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed nor funded to assist with family history searches.
- In 1825, Mr. John MARRIOTT established a charity to pay 20 shillings each year to distribute bread to the poor on Christmas day.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Whatton |
Aslockton |
| 1801 |
308 |
171 |
| 1841 |
- |
410 |
| 1851 |
404 |
360 |
| 1871 |
- |
407 |
| 1881 |
283 |
404 |
| 1891 |
- |
358 |
| 1901 |
253 |
372 |
- The children of this place attended school in Scarrington parish.
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[Last updated: 15-February-2013 - Louis Mills]
