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Lambley

"Lambley parish, seven miles north-east of Nottingham, has a large irregularly built village, situated at the head of a steep valley, sheltered by an amphitheatre of hills. The parish has 951 inhabitants and 2,170 acres of fertile land, the rateable value of which is £2,673 8s. About 600 acres of land were enclosed in 1793, previous to which other enclosures had taken place.
Lambley House is a handsome mansion, delightfully situated on a gentle and well-wooded eminence, one mile north-west of the village, and is the seat and property of Samuel Matthews Esq., who purchased this estate with the manorial rights in 1843, from Lewin Chomley Esq. The other principal owners are Earl Manvers, Mr William Taylor, Mr John Godber and others, besides an estae belonging to a hospital in Nottingham. Many of the inhabitants find employment in the hosiery trade, there being upwards of 400 frames in the village.
The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a small ancient structure with a low tower. The rectory is valued in the King's books at £10 16s 3d, and has 90a 2r 11p of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1843 for £580. The Rev. H.E.C. Cobden M.A. is the incumbent, and the eldest son of the late Rev. A.D. Flamstead is the patron."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
  
  
• The church was originally built in the 11th century, and rebuilt in 1470.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish registers date from 1560, but have a gap for 1640-1754.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Nottingham.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here before 1869.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

Lambley is 138 miles norh of London, only 6 miles north-east from the City of Nottingham and only 2 miles from Arnold Town. The isolation of the village is mainly due to its location which is in the bottom of a steep hill in a natural basin, which is horse shoe in shape. The parish covers 2,170 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• Check for bus and coach schedules at Nottingham Travelwise.
  
  
• Also, verify schedules at CarlBerry.
  
  

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Directories

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

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History

• In the 1800s many of the inhabitants of Lambley were frame-work knitters.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 6345.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance 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 in the Southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	467
1851	951
1861	836
1881	803
1901	770

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Schools

• A National School for both sexes was built here before 1881 to hold 145 children.
  
  

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