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Laneham (Lanum)

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Peter.
  
  
• The church is a Norman structure, but the date of construction is unreported.
  
  
• The church is situated in Low Town.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
  
  
• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1760-1859.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Tuxford (the No, 2 deanery of Retford).
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chapel built here in 1834.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

Laneham is both a village and a parish sitting on the west bank of the River Trent about 135 miles north of London, 8 miles south-east of Retford, 12 miles south of Gainsborough and 5.5 miles north-east of Tuxford. The parish covers 1,589 acres and includes the two hamlets of HighTown and Low Town.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A57 trunk road west out of Lincoln and turn north just after Durham.
  

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History

• A ferry across the Trent River used to function out of Low Town hamlet. It was owned and operated by Robert GLOSSOP in 1858.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8076.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance 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 the county of Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• This place was also part of the Southwell and Scrooby Liberty in ancient times.
  
  
• The parish was in the South Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
  
  
• On 24 March, 1884, this parish was slightly reduced in size to enlarge Kettlethorpe Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Lands were enclosed here around 1780.
  
  
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
  
  
• The poor had 2 shillings worth of bread each Sunday and a supply of coal in the winter, all from several small charities.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1851	410
1861	376
1871	379
1881	305
1891	328
1901	313
1911	303
1921	322

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Schools

• A National School for both sexes was built here before 1869.
  
  

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