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Bevercoates (Bevercotes)

"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]

Census

• The parish was in the Tuxford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Giles.
  
  
• The church here was taken down around 1675.
  
  
• The parishioners attended service at West Markham or at Walesby.
  
  
• There was a chapel at Haughton Hall near this village, but it was likely only used by the manor family.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Tuxford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

This hamlet and parish lies six miles south of East Retford, five miles north-east of Ollerton and 2.5 miles north-west of Tuxford. The parish covers only 735 acres.

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Directories

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
  
  

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History

• Bevercotes Colliery was demolished around 2000.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 6972.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• 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).
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population
1801	30
1851	51
1861	48
1871	33
1881	32
1891	40
1901	29
1911	39

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