Nottinghamshire

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Cuckney

"(Norton) Cuckney parish extends eastward from Creswell Crags, in Derbyshire, to near Thoresby Park, and is bounded on the north by Welbeck, and on the south by Church Warsop. It is watered by the small River Poulter, and contains 1,757 inhabitants and 5,127 acres of good forest land, principally sand, but partly clay, black vegetable, and hazel loam soils, all enclosed, but partly in plantations and extensive pastures, and is divided into four townships - Cuckney, Holbeck, Langwith, and Norton (Cuckney). Cuckney parish participates in Dame Frances Pierrepont's charity, of which the chapter of Southwell are trustees.

Cuckney is a neat, well-built, pleasant village on the Poulter, 5 miles south by south-west of Worksop, and 6 miles north-west of Ollerton, containing 600 souls and 1,095 acres of land. Here are two large mills, for spinning cotton and grinding corn, with the ruins of a cotton mill which was burnt down in 1792, occasioned by the carelessness of a boy taking hot cinders from a grate in a wooden coal-skep and leaving it in one of the upper rooms. The fire was first discovered by the postman, who rode through the village at three o'clock in the morning. He gave an alarm, and every assistance was got as quick as possible, but by eight it was burnt to the ground."
[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

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael.
  
  

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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

This village, township and parish lie 5.5 miles west-by-south of Worksop. The parish covers 5, 510 acres. The parish includes 4 townships: Cuckney, Norton, Holbeck, and Langwith. The township includes also the hamlets of Bonbusk and Milnthorpe.

If you are planning a visit to the village:

• The Grantham Canal passes along the north side of the village.
  
  
• The village is just north off of the A606 trunk road and just west of the A46 out of Leicester.
  
  

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Directories

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

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5671.
  
  
• 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 Government

• This place was an ancient township in Nottinghamshire and became a separate modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Worksop Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Cuckney	Holbeck	Langwith	Norton
1811	397	226	361	289
1851	620	255	275	398
1901	489	224	322	277

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