Edingley
"Edingley is a pleasant village and parish, three miles west-north-west of Southwell. Its parish comprises 381 inhabitants and 1,692 acres of land, which was enclosed in 1778, when allotments were made in lieu of tithes. It is in the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby. The archbishop is lord of the manor, and the chapter of Southwell are the appropriators and patrons of the perpetual curacy, which is valued in the King's books at £4, now at £80. A great part of the soil is copyhold or leasehold under them, and the rest belongs to a number of freeholders, the principal of whom are Mr Gunton, V.S. Burnell Esq., Mr John Hage, Mr Edward Cope, Mr George Pursey, Mr Samuel Ward, Mr John Alcock and the Rev. J.D. Beecher.
The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St Giles. The chancl was rebuilt by Henry Machon Esq. of Gatefoed Hill, in 1844, when the church was thoroughly repaired at the expense of the parish. The Rev. James Francis Dimock is the incumbent. The Methodists have a chapel here, erected in 1838. A feast is held on the Sunday after Old St Giles's Day."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2470 |
- The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Giles.
- The date of construction is not revealed, but is quoted in Directories as "of very early date". It appears to be of Norman origin.
- The church chancel was rebuilt in 1844.
- The church was largely rebuilt in 1890.
- There is a church history at the Southwell Church History Project website.
- The Anglican parish registers date from 1581.
- You can find an extract from the Parish Register , but it only covers 1638.
- The London Family History Centre has film of the Bishop's Transcripts for 1623 through 1858.
- The parish was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
- The Wesleyan Methodists and Primitive Methodists each had a chapel here in 1813.
- The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Edingley is a village and a parish near the River Greet. It is 3.5 miles west of Southwell and 131.5 miles north of London. The parish covers 1,759 acres and includes the hamlets of Osmondthorpe and Graves Lane.
Balderton village is one of the largest villages in Nottingham and is considered by many to be a suburb of Newark on Trent. If you are planning a visit:
- The A1 motorway used to run through the village but a modern bypass now skirts the place.
- Stop in at the Old Reindeer to chat up the locals.
- Balderton Lake provides a place to relax and hosts a local fishing club.
- The national grid reference is SK 6655.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the south division of the ancient Thurgaton Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
- In March, 1884, this parish gave up 41 acres to enlarge Oxton Civil Parish.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1778.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Population |
| 1801 |
286 |
| 1841 |
429 |
| 1851 |
381 |
| 1861 |
390 |
| 1871 |
352 |
| 1881 |
297 |
| 1891 |
279 |
| 1901 |
250 |
| 1911 |
301 |
- A Parocial School was built here before 1881.
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[Last updated: 3-March-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
