Nottinghamshire

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Blyth

"This extensive parish, which is partly in Yorkshire, is nearly eight miles in length, stretching from Barnby Moor, northward to Finningley Park. It is intersected by the River Idle, the Great North Road, and the turnpikes leading from Tickhill to Worksop and Gainsborough. It contains the two chapelries of Bawtry and Austerfield, both of which are in Yorkshire, the former containing only 270 acres of land, and the latter 2,700 acres. It also comprises, besides the township of Blyth, those of Barnby-Moor-with-Bilby, Hodsock-with-Goldthorpe, Ranskill, part of Styrrup-with-Oldcoates, and Torworth. The entire parish contains 3,900 inhabitants, and 15,500 acres of land, mostly a fertile sandy soil."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Worksop Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• A benedictine Priory dedicated to St. Mary was founded here in 1088.
  
  
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Martin.
  
  
• The church was built in Norman times.
  
  

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Church Records

• Anglican parish registers date from 1557.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodiosts and the Primitive Methodists each had a chapel here.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Worksop Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

The village, township and parish of Blyth lies 145 miles approximately north of London and 6 miles NNE of Worksop. Part of the ancient parish lies in Yorkshire.

The village lies on the River Ryton. The hamlet of Hodsock lies to the south-west. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, the village is on the A1 motorway at the southern end of the Doncaster bypass. The A634 from Latby to Barnby Moor passes thru the village also.
  
  
• The village has a nice website with lots of information you may find useful.
  
  
• The village publishes the "Blyth Bulletin" with stories about local events and personalities 4 times per year.
  
  

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Directories

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

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Manors

• Blyth Hall was a Tudor style manor house, built of stone in 1684-85.
  
  
• The Hall was demolished in 1972.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 6287.
  
  
• 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

• The portion of the parish in Nottinghamshire was in the Hatfield division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake in the northern division of the county.
  
  
• This entry appears in the Bawtry parish register:
  
  

31 Jul 1858: Bawtry was separated from Blyth and with Austerfield was made a distinct parish under the name of the parish of Bawtry with Austerfield by order in Council signed on 31 Jul 1858. R HINES curate of Bawtry

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The parish had two almshouses as well as dwellings for six poor persons in 1881.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Worksop Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Barnby Moor	Blyth	Hodsock	Torworth
1801	141	589	157	143
1851	261	765	205	258
1881		618	220
1901	213	540	227	213

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Schools

• The Saint Mary and Saint Martin School was built in 1939.
  
  

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