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Lindhurst
"Lindhurst-on-the-Forest is situated 2½ miles south-east of Mansfield, and is an extra-parochial liberty of 740 acres, bounded on the north and south by two small streams, which unite at its eastern extremity, and form the Rainwirth-water, near two extensive fox covers. It was anciently part of Harlow Wood, but has been cleared and cultivated by its owner, the Duke of Portland. Mr Richard Godson Millns is the farmer. In a field, about half a mile north-east of the house, a great many ancient tobacco pipes are turned up every time the field is ploughed." [WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
Cemeteries
Census
- The parish was in the Blidworth sub-district of the Mansfield Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| CensusYear | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | H.O. 107 / 866 |
| 1851 | H.O. 107 / 2124 |
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2430 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2657 |
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Lindhurst area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
Civil Registration
- The parish was in the Blidworth sub-district of the Mansfield Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Description and Travel
Lindhurst is 3.1 miles from Mansfield and 2 miles from Blidworth. The parish covers 896 acres. The webpage author could find no evidence of a village as such, just local farmhouses.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Lindhurst has been placed at times in the past.
Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
- This Liberty was formerly charged with furnishing oak for the repairs of Nottingham castle.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK565578 (Lat/Lon: 53.114380, -1.157331), Lindhurst which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google map.
Politics and Government
- This place was an extra-parochial area in Nottingham county, but became a modern Civil Parish in December of 1858.
- This parish is in the Southwell division of the Thurgarton Hundred (or Wapentake) in the southern division of the county.
- This parish was in the Skegby Rural District from 1894 until 1935.
- This parish was in the Southwell Rural District from 1935 until 1974.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Mansfield petty session hearings.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Mansfield Poor Law Union.
Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 - 1851 10 1861 11 1871 16 1881 32 1891 33 1901 18 1911 29 1921 40