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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

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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.

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Historical Geography

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History

  • This Liberty was formerly charged with furnishing oak for the repairs of Nottingham castle.

Maps

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK565578 (Lat/Lon: 53.114380, -1.157331), Lindhurst which are provided by:

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