Carlton on Trent
"Carlton-on-Trent is a pleasant village, township, and chapelry, situated on the
Great North Road 2 miles north-west of Norwell, and 7 miles north of Newark,
and has a good inn. The township contains 231 inhabitants and 846 acres of
land. john Vere Esq. is the principal owner and lord of the manor, and resides
at carlton house, which was built in the last century, and was long the seat of
Sir William Earle Welby, Bart. Mrs Hole and heorge Hutton Riddell Esq have
estates and neat residences here.
The chapel, a small ancient building with a brick tower, and annexed to the
vicarage of Norwell, was pulled down in 1850, and a new church, dedicated to St
Mary, erected on the site thereof, which was consecrated on the 11th of June
1851. It is a neat stone building in the early middle pointed style, and consists
of a chancel 32 by 15 feet, a nave 18 by 40 feet, aisles 40 by 5 feet, and a tower
18 feet square and 66 feet high, surmounted by 5 pinnacles, given by James Vere
Esq. as also was the organ. There are 250 sittings, 100 of which are free. The font
is of carved stone and was the gift of the late Mrs Hutton Riddell, and the
communion service was presented by Mrs Hole. The total cost of the building was
about £1,600, raised by subscription, towards which the Vere family
contributed £600, Joseph Smith Esq. £50 and G.H. Riddell Esq.
£50. It is expected, on the death of the present incumbent, it will be formed
into a separate district."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the Kneesall sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2475 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2710 |
- Carlton had an Anglican chapel of rude construction, but great antiquity. This was a Chapel of Ease to Norwell parish.
- The chapel stood until 1849.
- A replacement church was built in 1851 and dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin. The new church was consecrated on 11 July, 1851.
- Saint Mary's Church could seat 250.
- There is a brief history of the church at the Southwell Church History Project website.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2005.
- Derek VOLLER has a photograph of the church interior (with singer) on Geo-graph, taken in 2012.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1859 for marriages, and 1874 for baptisms and burials.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Collingham.
- The parish was in the Kneesall sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Carlton-on-Trent is a village, a township and a parish. The parish lies on the River Trent and the Old North Road, 121 miles north of London and 7 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. The parish covers 870 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the M1 motorway to the A610 trunk road at roundabout 27 and turn west. At the second roundabout, just past Underwood, you should be on the A608. Brinsley is just ahead, on the right.
- Alternatively, by automobile, you can take the A610just past Eastwood and turn right onto the A608.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in 2009. You should pick up a schedule of current events.
- Carlton House was the seat ofJohn Vere esq. in 1881.
- The national grid reference is SK 8064.
- 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 War Memorial plaque inside the church mounted on the wall. Six men are listed from World War One.
- There iss a photograph of the War Memorial on the Southwell Church History Project website.
- This place was an ancient chapelry in Norwell paish in Nottingham county.
- This place became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
- The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Thurgaton Wapentake (Hundred) in the north-east division of the county.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1861 |
290 |
| 1871 |
222 |
| 1881 |
196 |
| 1891 |
185 |
| 1901 |
172 |
| 1911 |
150 |
| 1921 |
187 |
- A Parochial School was erected here in 1848.
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[Last updated: 5-March-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
