Cromwell
"Cromwell is a small well-built village and parish, on the Great North Road,
five miles north of Newark, and contains 190 inhabitants and 1,350 acres of
land, which were exonerated from tithe at the enclosure in 1772, when 240 acres
were awarded to the rector in lieu of tithes.
It was anciently the seat of the Cromwell family, one of who was the Lord
Tresaurer Cromwell, who lived in great splendour at Tattershall Castle, in
Lincolnshire, in the reign of Henry VI. The Duke of newcastle is the principal
owner, lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, which is valued in the
King's books at £13 2s 3½d, now £420. The Rev. Charles John
Fiennes Clinton is
the incumbent, for whom the Rev. Samuel Turner officiates. The church is an
ancient structure, with a tower and three bells, and has a neat rectory house
near. There is a small school in the village, supported by the rector. The
feast is on the first Sunday after the 12th of September."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2474 |
- The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The national grid reference is SK 7961.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey "Explorer" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
203 |
| 1851 |
190 |
| 1901 |
111 |
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[Last updated: 30-June-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
