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Maplebeck

"Maplebeck is a small village, in a pleasant vale, 5 miles north of Southwell. It contains 162 inhabitants and 1,112 acres of land, exclusive of 14 acres of roads, of the rateable value of £1,163. The church, a small edifice, with a tower and short spire, is a perpetual curacy of the certified value of £68. The Duke of Newcastle is the patron, and principal owner and impropriator. The Rev. William P. Turton is the incumbent, and resides at the parsonage house, a handsome brick building, erected by the noble Duke about 3 years ago.
The Markhams had a big hall here, which was taken down in 1666. Sir Robert Markham, the father of Sir John Markham, Lord Chief Justice of England, obtained this lordship by marrying the heiress of Sir Nicholas Burdon, whose family had held it for many ages. but it was sold by Sir Robert Markham of Cotham, knight, to the Earls of Clare. A considerable portioon of this village was given by the Burdons to Rufford Abbey, which with the manor and the Grange, was at the dissolution given by Henry VIII to the Earl of Shrewsbury. S.E. Bristow Esq. and Sir William Key own about 80 acres in the parish."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church dedication is unknown.
  
  
• This church was consecrated in 1861.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1668 for baptisms, 1562 for marriages, and 1702 for burials. The registers are not in good condition.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1834.
  
  
• The Primitive Methodists had a chapel here before 1869.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

Maplebeck is both a village and a parish about 7 miles north-west of Newark On Trent and 6 miles north of Southwell. The parish covers just over 1,130 acres of lofty hills.

The village is now part of the conurbation of Nottingham. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the M1 motorway to the A52 trunk road and turn east. At the second roundabout, you are at Bramcote. Exit to the right.
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7160.
  
  
• 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 Governance

• This place was an ancient parish of Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the northern division of the Thurgarton Hundred or Wapentake.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population
1801	152
1851	162
1861	136
1871	122
1881	123
1891	114
1901	85
1911	75
1921	72
1931	63

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