Halloughton (Hawton)
"Halloughton is a small village and parish, situated on an eminence 1½ miles south-west of Southwell. Its parish, which is in the liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, comprises 79 inhabitants and 977 acres of land, rated at £1,606. Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., is the principal owner and lord of the manor. An ancient mansion here is supposed to have been the dwelling of a religious fraternity, belonging to Thurgarton Priory, and that the establishment was for females. In taking up its kitchen floor some years ago, the entrance to a subterranean passage was discovered, which was traced to a considerable length, and there is an old tradition that it had a communication thence to Thurgarton. It is further remarkable, that in taking down a stack of chimneys in the same house, there was found in the middle of them a large recess, in which were found many human skeletons, principally those of children.
The church is a small edifice, dedicated to St James, and is in the appropriation and patronage of its own prebendary, in Southwell collegiate church. The perpetual curacy has been augmented with Queen Anne's Bounty, and is now enjoyed by the Rev. Thomas Coates Cane."
[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 & 2472 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2708 |
- There are remains of an ancient religious house, reputedly a part of Thurgarton Priory.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint James.
- The church was originally built in the 13th century.
- The church was rebuilt in 1879-82 on the site of the older church.
- The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
- J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Church of St. James on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1622 and the registers are in good condition.
- The church was in the deanery of Southwell.
- The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Halloughton is a parish and a village that sits on a stream that feeds into the River Trent. It is about 1.5 miles south-west of Southwell, 12.5 miles north-east of Nottingham city and 9 miles west of Newark on Trent. The parish covers 988 acres.
If you are planning a visit:
- Tom COURTNEY has a photograph of Halloughton village on Geo-graph, taken in 2005.
- Take the A612 trunk road north of Lowdham or south out of Southwell.
- Halloughton Wood, a miles west of the village, was a noted fox cover and a popular place for the fox chase.
- J. THOMAS has a photograph of Halloughton Wood on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
- The parish was primarily farmland and grazing pastures.
- Stilton cheese was made here in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Halloughton Manor House dates from the 13th century. Additions and restorations were done in the 16th, 18th and late 19th centuries. The house is now a Grade II historical building with British Heritage.
- The national grid reference is SK 6952.
- 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.
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- For centuries the parish was part of the Southwell and Scrooby Liberty in the southern division of Nottinghamshire.
- The parish was in the ancient Thurgarton Wapentake in the county in 1836.
| Year |
Population |
| 1801 |
90 |
| 1851 |
79 |
| 1861 |
67 |
| 1871 |
67 |
| 1881 |
64 |
| 1891 |
65 |
| 1901 |
67 |
| 1911 |
56 |
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[Last updated: 4-February-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
