Awsworth
"Awsworth township and chapelry borders upon Derbyshire, and has a small village on the Nottingham Canal, 2½ miles west of Nuthall. The Earl of Stamford is lord of the manor, and principal owner of the land. The chapel was consecrated about 1760, and is a curact endowed with about £50 a year. The Earl of Stamford is the patron, and the Rev. S.M. Lund is the incumbent, for whom the Rev. Wm. Clementson M.A. officiates, who resides in a neat mansion erected in 1843. It is situated on an eminence, and commands a fine view of the Derbyshire and Leicestershire hills. The chapelry is entitled to send one poor person to Ilkeston almshouses, and to receive £5 yearly from the funds of Smedley's charity, for teaching 18 poor children. The Earl of Stamford is trustee."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the Hucknall Torkard sub-district of the Basford Registration District until 1901.
- By 1911, the parish had been reassigned to the Greasly sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- The church was built of brick in 1746.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.
- The church was rebuilt in 1902 using much of the original chapel's chancel.
- This place was formerly a chapelry to Nuthall. The chapel was consecrated around 1760.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1756 for baptisms and marriages and from 1804 for burials.
- Search the Nuthall parish register which dates from 1657.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Mansfield.
- The Primitive Methodists had a chapel here built in Shilo in 1834.
- The parish was in the Hucknall Torkard sub-district of the Basford Registration District until 1901.
- By 1911, the parish had been reassigned to the Greasly sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Awsworth is a small village and a parish 3 miles north-east of Ilkeston, 2.5 miles west of Nuthall and 134 miles north of London. Derbyshire lies to the west. The parish covers only 380 acres and includes the hamlet of Shilo.
The village is on the Nottingham and Erewash canal. If you are planning a visit:
- Awsworth is just off the M1 motorway where it intersects with the A610 trunk road west of Nottingham. Go west on the A610 for about a mile, then turn south (left) into Awsworth village.
- Rail passenger service to the village ceased in September, 1964.
- There is a Photo-montage for those who would enjoy a walk through the village.
- This is the Saxon village of "Ealdeswyrthe".
- In the 1600s a glassworks was established in the village.
- In the 1800s most workers were employed in the collieries, iron works or brick yards.
- The parish has seen a poplation growth due to its location as an outlying suburb of Nottingham.
- The national grid reference is SK 4843.
- 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 a photograph by Gary CROSBY of the War Memorial on Flickr, taken in 2012.
- This place was an ancient Chapelry in Nuthall parish.
- This place became a separate modern Civil Parish carved out of Nuthall Civil Parish on 31 December, 1894.
- The parish was in the southern divison of the ancient Broxtowe Hundred in the northern division of the county.
- The parish's district governance is the Broxtowe Borough Council.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1871 |
555 |
| 1891 |
1,247 |
| 1901 |
1,529 |
| 1911 |
1,617 |
- The parish formed a School Board of 5 members in 1877.
- A Board School was built in 1878 to accommodate 260 students.
- The school has its own website, but no history or past student information.
The Awsworth and Cossall History Society would enjoy hearing from you. Their website needs a little work to complete it, but they are a valuable resource.
Find help, report problems, or contribute information
[Last updated: 18-February-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
