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"Bevercotes is a churchless parish, containing only 51 inhabitants and about 800 acres of rich land, belonging to the Duke of Newcastle, who is lord of the manor.
It had formerly a church, but it fell down nearly two centuries ago, and was never after rebuilt. Its inhabitants now use the church at West Markham, where they pay a modus of 1s 11d to the Archbishop at his visitations, and are provided with seat-room in consideration of an annuity paid by the Duke of Newcastle. The manor was held of the Honour of Tickhill, during many generations, by a family of its own name, whose heiress, in the reign of Henry VI, carried it in marriage to Rutland Mollyneux Esq., who sold it to the Earl of Clare, from whom it has descended to its present noble proprietor. The mother of Queen Anne was a collateral descendant of the Denmans of West Retford. One branch of this family is now settled here, and another resides in Derbyshire."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
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The Library at East Retford is an excellent resource.
As an alternative, the Community Library at Ollerton is helpful and has a Local History Section.
- The parish was in the Tuxford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 849 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2417 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3457 |
| 1881 | R.G. 11 / 3304 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2642 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Giles.
- Part of the church collapsed in 1650.
- The church here was taken down around 1675.
- The ecclesiastical parish was annexed to Markham Clinton shortly after 1650.
- The parishioners attended services at West Markham.
- The parish was in the Tuxford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This small hamlet and parish lie about 6 miles south of East Retford. The parish covers about 800 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A57 east out of Worksop and turn right (south) onto the B6387.
- Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of Bevercoates Beck on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2015.
- We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
The 1881 Post Office Directory of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire tells us:
"Bevercotes is a parish, about 1 ½ miles west (of Market Clinton), within the parliamentary borough of East Retford but for church purposes annexed to Markham Clinton, the old church having fallen down in 1650. The parish contains 718 acres, rateable value £804; there are 33 inhabitants. "
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bevercoates to another place.
- Robert de Beverell (Bevercotes) was lord of Bevercotes in 1203.
- William de Bevercotes, who was Chancellor for Scotland was commanded by Edward I to lead troops to Berwick for his Scottish campaign.
- A probable link with the Pilgrim fathers is a Congregational record of 1603 of the marriage in Amsterdam of Thomas WILSON of Beverkorts, bombazine maker, and Jane CROSS of Essex. Bombazine was a twilled dress fabric that fell out of fashion around 1900.
- Bevercotes Colliery was demolished around 2000. The land is now part of the Woodland Trust.
- The entire village of Bevercotes has been designated as a Conservation Area by the District Council.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK696718 (Lat/Lon: 53.238895, -0.958842), Bevercoates which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Although the name as "Bevercoates" predominates in many older records, the spelling of "Bevercotes" is now accepted as standard.
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (or Hundred).
- The parish has merged with Markham Clinton parish for local council support.
- District governance is provided by the Bassetlaw District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard at the Retford petty session hearings held in West Retford.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.