Calverton
"Calverton is a considerable village and parish, pleasantly situated in a narrow
valley, 7 miles north-north-east of Nottingham. It contains 1,427 inhabitants
and 3,325 acres of land, enclosed in 1780, when upwards of 400 acres were
allotted to the appropriator and 203 acres to the vicar, in lieu of tithes. The
Duke of Newcastle, as lord of the manor, also received a small allotment. The
principal owners are the Duke of Portland, Lady Catherine Sherbrooke, Thomas
Redgate Esq. and Mr Joseph Potts, besides several smaller freeholders.
Sansom Wood is a large farm on the western side of the parish, belonging to and
occupied by the Duke of Portland. Near it are several other forest farms of
considerable extent. Calverton House is a handsome mansion, the property of
Lady Sherbrooke. There are also several other neat houses in the village.
Calverton Lodge, 1 mile north, is a neat farm house occupied by Mr Richard
Franks. The Rev. William Lee, the inventor of the stocking frame, was born
here, and there are now in the village upwards of 400 of these complicated pieces of machinery."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The Calverton Cemetery, setr aside in 1886, is on Mansfield Lane.
- The cemetery is controlled by the Burial Board of the local parish council.
- Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of Calverton Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
- The parish was in the Arnold sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2444 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2677 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Wilfrid (or Wilfred).
- The original church "may" be of Saxon origin. Various sources are uncertain of the construction date(s).
- The old church was taken down around 1770 and a new building raised on its site.
- The new church seats about 100.
- The nave and tower were restored in 1881.
- The churchyard was closed for new burials in 1887 (See Cemetery, above).
- There is a brief history of the church at the Southwell Churches History Project page for additional resources.
- J. THOMAS has a photograph of St. WIlfrid's Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
- The church has its own website, but no content for family historians.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1568 for baptisms and 1569 for marriages and burials. The registers are in good condition.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here before 1853.
- The Primitive Methodists had a chapel here before 1853. Thay have since relenquished this chapel and had turned over to the Baptists to use.
- The Baptists had a chapel here in 1832.
- Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the current Baptist Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2011.
- The parish was in the Arnold sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Calverton is both a village and a parish about 7 miles north of Nottingham city and 8 miles south-west of Southwell. The Dover Beck flows throught the north-eastern edge of the parish on its way to join the River Trent. The parish covers 3,320 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A60 trunk road north out of Nottingham, bear right onto the A614 and take the second right, at the B6386 into Calverton.
- Stop by the Village Hall and ask for a schedule of current events.
- The parish includes Satterford (or Salterford) manor.
- On Cockpit Hill, 521 feet tall, are traces of an ancient camp.
- Roofing stone was quarried here.
- William LEE, the inventor of the stocking frame, was born and lived here.
- And, of course, many of the inhabitants were lace and stocking makers.
- Calverton Hall is in the centre of the village and was the residence of John S. WHEATLEY in 1881.
- Salterford Hall is 2.5 miles north-west of the village.
- The national grid reference is SK 6149.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey "Explorer" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- The are memorial plaques for each World War on the walls of St. WIlfrid's Church, with the names of those who fell.
- The World War One Plaque is quite readable.
- G. H. WRIGHT, who died on 24-Nov-1918, is buried in Calverton Cemetery. He was a private in the Leicestershire Regiment.
- The World War Two Plaque is also readable.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Thurgaton Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1870.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
636 |
| 1851 |
1,427 |
| 1861 |
1,372 |
| 1871 |
1,319 |
| 1881 |
1,246 |
| 1891 |
1,199 |
| 1901 |
1,159 |
| 1911 |
1,101 |
| 1921 |
1,040 |
- A Free School for boys was founded by Jonathan LABRAY and built here before 1869. In 1881, each student paid 2d a week to attend.
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[Last updated: 5-March-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
