Nottinghamshire

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Flawborough

"Flawborough township and chapelry is a small village pleasantly situated on an eminence, 8 miles south of Newark. It has 79 inhabitants and 955 acres of land, and is the property of the Duke of Newcastle, and George William Manger Staunton is patron of the living. It is partly in the parish of Orston, and formerly paid a small modus in lieu of tithes of that parish, and another to Shelton, but the rector of Staunton now claims and retains the whole of the tithes, though his portion, by an ancient agreement, was limited to £60 a year.
The chapel is an ancient structure, and was rebuilt in 1840 by voluntary contributions, the Duke of Newcastle and the late Dr Staunton being the principal contributors. It is a neat building, with a handsome tower. The arched doorway in the west end is a fine specimen of ancient architecture, which prevailed in the reign of William Rufus. The stone composing it was preserved from the old chapel. A feast is held on the Sunday after St Peter's Day. At the foot of the hill on which the village stands is the small hamlet of Dallington."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church dedication is unreported.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1839-40, but did not re-open for divine service until 3 October 1841.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1674.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of South Bingham.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7842.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
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Politics and Governance

• This place was a Township and a Chapelry in the parish of Staunton until around 1866 when it became a Civil Parish in its own right.
  
  
• The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Newark Wapentake in the southern 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 Bingham Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population<
1801	-
1851	80
1881	76
1901	59

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