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Hoveringham (Hoveringam)

"Hoveringham is a pleasant village and parish near the Trent, between Nottingham and Newark, five miles south by west of Southwell. Its parish comprises 408 inhabitants and 850 acres of land. Near the village there is a ferry across the Trent to Kneeton.
In the reign on Henry III it was possessed by Hugh de Hoveringham, and afterwards passed to the Goushill family, by whom a great part of the estate was given to Thurgarton Priory, from which it passed to Trinity College Cambridge, which has since received other lands in lieu of the tithes. This parish was tithe free for upwards of 70 years until 1851, when four shillings per acre was laid on as tithe, but it is the opinion of all the freeholders that it is not legal. In 1795, many old writings and documents which were deposited in the church were destroyed by the great flood. It is supposed that thw writings belonging to the land which was set apart in lieu of the tithes were amongst them. Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., is lessee of the manorial rights, and of 647 acres of college land, which was held by the Cooper family, from the time of the Reformation till 1830. There are about 20 freeholders in the parish.
The church is a small, ancient structure, dedicated to St Michael, and is in the patronage of the same college. It is a perpetual curacy, was valued at £60, and is annexed to that of Thurgarton."
[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 Michael.
  
  
• The original church was one of the most ancient in the county. It was rebuilt, on the same site, in 1848. The style is early French Gothic.
  
  
• The church seats 230.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1553 for baptisms, 1560 for marriages and 1567 for burials. The early registers are in bad condition.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here prior to 1869.
  
  

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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

Hoveringham is both a village and a parish near the Trent River, about 5 miles south from Southwell, 1.5 miles east of Lowdham, 10 miles north-east of Nottingham and 140 miles north of London. The parish is between Nottingham city and Newark. The parish covers 934 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, The village is just off the old Roman Foss Way (now the A46 trunk road). But it is easier to take the A612 north out of Lowdham (or, starting further south, north out of Nottingham city) and at Gonalston, turn east (right) to Hoveringham.
  
• At last report, there is no passenger rail service to Hoveringham.
  

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Directories

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

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History

• The parish had a ferry crossing on the Trent River to Kneeston.
  
  
• The parish festival was held on the Sunday after Old Michaelmas Day.
  
  
• sand and gravel was quarried here for decades.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 6946.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the Southwell division of the Thurgarton Hundred (or Wapentake) in the southern section of Nottinghamshire.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• 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	Inhabitants
1801	324
1851	408
1861	387
1871	331
1881	328
1891	384
1901	311
1911	359
1921	342

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Schools

• A National School was built here in 1851. This later became the Parochial School.
  
  
• A Chapel School was built here in 1875 to hold 80 children.
  
  

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