Edwinstowe

Edwinstow Library is on the High Street, down toward the River Maun. It is normally closed on Mondays and Wednesdays. The library has a Facebook presence and the staff are acquainted with family history research.

The Library at Ollerton would also be a good resource.

Although a tad farter away, the Library at Southwell would also be a good resource.

Edwinstowe Cemetery is managed by the Edwinstowe Parish Council. The Cemetery is alongside the visitor centre at Sherwood Forest on the north edge of Edwinstowe village.

• The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
   
• Edwinstowe had a wooden church during its Saxon period.
   
• The Domesday Survey records a church, a priest, and 4 Bordars.
   
• The present church was built in 1175.
   
• The church was enlarged and improved in 1342 an again in 1450.
   
• Legend has it that Robin Hood married Maid Marian in this church.
   
• The church porch was restored in 1903.
   
• The church seats 550.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2006.
   
• John SALMON has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in 1993.
   
• Norman GRIFFIN has a photograph of the church spire on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2017.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1630 and is in fair condition.
   
• The parish was in the rural deanery of Worksop (the #3 deanery of Retford).
   
• The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1848.
   
• The Primitive Methodist chapel was also built in 1848.
   

• The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
   
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   

Edwinstowe is a large township, a village and was an extensive parish in the middle of Sherwood Forest. It is divided by the A6075 trunk road east out of Mansfield and west out of Tuxford. At one time the parish included the market town of Ollerton and the townships of Budby, Carburton and Clipstone. The parish covered 17,649 acres in 1881 and included the hamlets of Thoresby, Blackcliff Hill, Kingstand and Car Brake (or Car Brecks). Since 1901, the parish has covered only 4,407 acres

The village lies on the north bank of the River Maun. If you are planning a visit:

• There is no local passenger rail service.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Edwinstowe to another place.

• Edwin, King of Northumbria, was killed in the battle of Hatfield Chase in 632 or 633 and his body was (allegedly) hidden in this parish before burial.
   
• The parish held a cattle fair on each 24th of October.
   
• The village feast was held on the Sunday following the cattle fair.
   
• Phil CHAMPION has a photograph of The Major Oak on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2019. Reputdely "Robin Hood Slept Here."
   
• The village currently hosts a Robin Hood Festival in early August.
   
• David HALLAM-JONES has a photograph of the Royal Oak public house on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2016.
   
• Graham HOGG has a photograph of the Dukeries Lodge on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2015. This used to be "The Dukeries Hotel" around 1900.
   
• And J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Black Swan public house on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2015.
   
• Stephen McKAY has a photograph of the Forest Lodge Hotel on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2014. The hotel was an 18th century coaching inn.
   
• Richard BARR has a photograph of the Manvers Arms on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2013. The inn is on Manfield Road just west of the village.
   
• The Edwinstowe Historical Society tells us that the Thoresby Colliery was the last Nottinghamshire colliery to be sunk by the former Bolsover Colliery Company between 1925-28. In 1951, Thoresby became the first nationalised mine to exceed a million tons output in one year. During the early 1980s, Thoresby had a workforce of almost 1,500 men with the majority living in Edwinstowe. July 10 2015, Thoresby was the last mine to be closed in the Nottinghamshire coalfield.
   

Edwinstowe Hall was, for a period, the home of the Earls of Scarborough.

The present Hall was built in 1757.

David BEVIS provides a photograph of Edwinstowe Hall on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.

Edwinstowe Hall is now in use as the Children’s Respite Centre (under the control of the Nottinghamshire County Council).

Here is a photograph of Clipstone Archway House, provided by (and copyright held by) Matthew BATES:

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK626668 (Lat/Lon: 53.194608, -1.064462), Edwinstowe which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• There is a photograph of an M10 Wolverin tank destroyer on Budby Common at the Our Nottinghamshire site.
   
• James HILL has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007.
   
• David DIXON also has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2013.
   

The list of names can be seen at: Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project.

The Great War Bulletin for December 14, 1914 tells us that:

"CAPTAIN HUGH B. T. HUME of the 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters was invalided home from France on Saturday suffering from “an internal complaint”. He had been drafted to India shortly after his wedding a year ago to Miss Muriel WRIGHT of Edwinstowe House; and was moved to the Western Front only a few weeks ago.
The gallant Captain is staying at Edwinstowe House and reported to be making a steady recovery."

Captain Hugh Bliss Torriano HUME appears to have been born in 1880 and died in 1934 in Surrey. He married Muriel Mary WRIGHT on 5th December 1913 at Edwinstowe. She was the daughter of the late surgeon, Mr. Edward WRIGHT. Captain HUME was the son of Colonel HUME, late commanding 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters, and Mrs. HUME, Camberley. The three grromsmen were all members of the Sherwood Foresters: Captain CLARKE, Mr. J. K. LANE and Mr. CLARKE.

The World War One Memorial carries the following names (all are listed as having died during the war):

1. Allcock, William Horace. pte. 2nd Lincs. Regt.
2. Bellfield, Clarence Jenkinson, rflm. KRRC
3. Bentley, Charles Edward, lcpl, West Riding Regt.
4. Bentley, Ernest, pte. Cheshire Regt.
5. Bowyer, Norman Henry. pte. East Yorkshire Regt.
6. Branford, Charles William, pte. 1st Sherwood Foresters
7. Coupe, George William, driver Army Service Corps.
8. Creamer, James William, lcpl 1/8th Sherwood Foresters
9. Deakin, Henry, Gdsmn, 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards
10. Dolby, Joseph, pte. 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters (Surname on some records as "DALBY"
11. Dorsey, Ernest Richard, pte. Labour Corps
12. Dumbarton, William Charles, pte. Army Service Corps
13. Estrop, Ernest, pte. 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters
14. Harrison, Simon, lcpl, 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters
15. Jackson, Charles Albert, pte. 8th Bn.North Staffs Regt.
16. Little, William Henry, pte. Royal Fusiliers
17. Parsons, Frederick, pte. 6th Bn Lincolnshire Regt.
18. Pinder, Arthur, Air Mechanic 1st Class, RFC
19. Pinder, Sidney Reuben, lieut. RFC, brother to Arthur Pinder
20. Rabbitt, Ephraim, corp., 1/8th Bn Durham Light Infantry
21. Rabbitt, Fred, pte. 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters
22. Rabbitt, Harry, pte. 9th Bn Sherwood Foresters
23. Rabbitt, Walter, pte. 11th Bn Sherwood Foresters
24. Roberts, John George Hill, Telegr. Royal Navy
25. Rodgers, Bernard, pte. 1st Bn Seaforth Highlanders
26. Rodgers, Sydney, pte. 8th Bn Lincolnshire Regt.
27. Steeples, Samuel G. pte. 14th (King's) Hussars
28. Thompson, Frederick Cecil, pte. 2/8th Bn Sherwood Foresters
29. Wardale, Clarence, Able Seaman, Royal Navy
30. Wilkinson, William, gunner, RGA
31. Wilson, Charles Henry, pte. 2/6th Bn Sherwood Foresters

The Imperial War Museum claims that there are 28 names for WWI. The Southwell Church History Project lists 31.  If you note any errors, duplicates or misspellings, please notify the Genuki site maintainer (at the bottom of the page). The World War Two names are:

1. Gerald ASKEW
2. John Edwin FOY
3. J. GREENFIELD
4. Eric W. HOE
5. J. JONES
6. Geoffrey LACEY
7. George Ernest REDDISH
8. Charles REEDMAN
9. Ralph Handel RICHARDSON
10. Frank SARGEANT
11. Harold SPERRINK
12. Charles Henry WINTER
13. Oswald Wheatcroft WOODHEAD
14. Charles E. WRIGHT

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham but did not become a modern Civil Parish until December, 1866.
   
• In December, 1866, Carburton became its own Civil Parish.
   
• The parish was in the Hatfield division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake in the northern division of the county.
   
• In October, 1899, Perlethorpe cum Budby Civil Parish was created and carved from this Civil Parish.
   
• In April, 1957, this Civil Parish gave up 45 acres to enlarge Ollerton Civil Parish.
   
• The Parish Council meets in the Village Hall on Mansfield Road.
   
• Brian WESTLAKE has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012. Drop in when the Hall is open and request a copy of the schedule of forth-coming events.
   
• You may contact the Edwinstowe Parish Council concerning civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history searches. You CAN, however read the parish magazines online.
   
• In 2011, Clipstone township was split off as a separate civil parish, known as King's Clipstone Civil Parish.
   
• District governance is provided by the Newark and Sherwood District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Worksop petty sessional hearings.
   
• The parish had four almshouses founded in 1698 by the Rev. John BELLAMY and his wife Ellen. These were for poor widows and were still in use in 1912.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1818.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Edwinstowe	Budby	Carburton	Clipstone	Ollerton	Perlethorpe
1801	506	145	122	134	439	73
1841	1,009	147	161	265	937	80
1851	1,316	-	-	-	-	-
1901	986	120	148	273	690	158

• In 1719, the Rev. John and Ellen BELLAMY left an endowment for the education of eight boys. The original schoolhouse was rebuilt in 1824. A National School was eventually built in 1872 as part of this endowment. It could hold 153 students/
   
• An Infant School was built in 1845, funded by Earl Manvers.

The Edwinstowe Historical Society holds monthly meetings from September through June.