Nottinghamshire

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Mansfield

As described in 1887:

Mansfield, market town and par., Notts, on river Maun, 16 miles N. of Nottingham and 137 miles NW. of London by rail, 7252 ac., pop. 13,653; 3 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Thursday, From coins and other relics found here, Mansfield is supposed to have been a Roman station. It is surrounded by the vestiges of Sherwood Forest. Silk and cotton mills, iron foundries, engine works, brick and tile works, and breweries, %amp;etc., give employment to the inhabitants. The cattle markets and corn markets are important.
[John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles ," 1887]

Cemeteries

• List of Graves cleared from St Peters churchyard, Mansfield.
  
  
• Monumental inscriptions for Mansfield churchyard transcribed by W. Harrod in 1800.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Mansfield sub-district of the Mansfield Registration District.
  
  
• There was a census of Mansfield in 1831. To the web page author's knowledge this will only list the head of household and a table of others by sex and age brackets. Other household members are not listed by name.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church Records

• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1813-1837.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

Mansfield is a parish and former Market Town situated on the River Maun only 16 miles north of Nottingham city and 137 miles north of London. The town is surrounded by vestiges of Sherwood Forest.

If you are planning a visit:

• The railways still provide passenger service on the "Robin Hood Line" between Nottingham and Worksop.
  
  

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History

• History of Mansfield from Heather Faulkes.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 5361.
  
  
• 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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Military Records

• Mansfield - those who have died on active service compiled by Alan Rowland.
  
  

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Newspapers

• Check our newspapers page for information on local newspapers.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• This parish was in the Broxtowe Hundred or Wapentake.
  
  
• On 1 April, 1935, this parish was reduced by 60 acres to enlarge Sutton in Ashfield Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became the center of the Mansfield Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1871	11,824
1881	13,653
1891	15,925
1901	21,445
1911	36,888

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