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Gonalston (Gonaldstone)

"Gonalston is a small rural village and parish, near the Dover Beck, 4 miles south-south-west of Southwell, containing 100 inhabitants and 862 acres of land, enclosed in 1768, when 155 acres were allotted for the tithes. John Francklin Esq. owns the whole lordship, and is patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's books at £7 19s 2d, now £324, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Edward Walker Foottit B.A.
The church, dedicated to St Lawrence, is a small structure, with a tower and two bells, and was rebuilt in 1852. In Thoroton's time it contained some ancient figures of crusaders, but they were either destroyed or removed at the diminution of the church. They have since been taken up by the present proprietor, under the superintendance of Rd. West Macott Esq. R.A., and are about to be placed in the name of the new edifice."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell 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 Lawrence.
  
  
• There is evidence of a church here as early as 1269.
  
  
• The present church was built in 1852-53 on the site of a former one.
  
  
• The church and tower were rebuilt in 1859.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1656.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

This village and parish lie about 1.5 miles west of the River Trent, 138 miles north of London, about 9 miles north-east of Nottingham and about 5 miles south-west by west of Southwell. The parish covers 1,329 acres and sits on the Dover Beck, a feeder to the River Trent.

If you are planning a visit to the village:

• The village is on the A612 south out of Southwell, just before you get to Loudham.
  
  
• The nearest rail service is at Loudham.
  
  

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Directories

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

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Manors

• Gonalston Hall is a fairly modern building on an elevated site near the road.
  
  
• The Hall was the residence of Liell FRANCKLIN Jr. in 1881.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 6747.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Thurgarton Hundred (Wapentake) in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1768.
  
  
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population
1801	146
1851	100
1861	107
1881	119
1901	128

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