North Collingham
"North Collingham parish includes more than half of the village, and Potter Hill, a lofty tumulus on the borders of Lincolnshire, where many Roman relics have been found, and is very likely to have been a military station. It contains 935 inhabitants and 1,820 acres of land. The church, dedicated to All Saints, stands near the centre of the village. It is a very ancient structure in the Norman style of architecture, and underwent considerable repairs in 1832, when a new pulpit and reading desk were put up. There is a good Sunday School attached. The vicarage is valued in the King's books at £8 14s 2d, now at £92, and has been augmented by Queen Anne's Bounty. The Rev. Charles Lesiter A.B. is the incumbent, and the Dean and Chapter of peterborough are the patrons and appropriators, but they received land at the inclosure in lieu of tithes.
The land belongs to several small owners, but the Earl of Stamford is lord of the manor. The Baptist church here has had several additions, and about eight years ago was enlarged with the addition of the vestry. near it is a school, endowed for the education of the poor children of both parishes, by William and Mary Hart, in 1699, and in 1718 with land now let for £30 per annum."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the North Collingham sub-district of the Newark Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2476 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3539 |
| 1881 |
R.G. 11 / 3373 |
- The Anglican parish church in North Collingham is dedicated to All Saints.
- The Anglican parish church in South Collingham is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
- Some portions of All Saints Church appear to be of Saxon origin, but most of the church was constructed in the 13th century.
- The church was thoroughly restored in 1859.
- Saint John's Church was built in 1120 - 1130, with a significant portion completed in 1350 -1360.
- An early church existed at Brough, but the stones from it were used to build St. John's Church.
- The All Saints Anglican parish register dates from 1571 and is in moderate condition.
- The All Saints Bishop's Transcripts cover 1600 - 1845.
- Saint John's Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- Phillimore's Nottingham Marriages, volume 19, covers up to 1837.
- The churches were in the rural deanery of Collingham.
- The Wesleyan Methodists and Baptists both had chapels here by 1881.
- The Family History Centre in London also has the All Saints parish chest records for 1790 - 1868.
- The parish was in the North Collingham sub-district of the Newark Registration District.
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
Collingham is a village and a parish located on the banks of the River Fleet, not far from its junction with the River Trent. It lies 6 miles north-east of Newark-on-Trent, 12 miles south-west of the city of Lincoln and 130 miles north of the city of London.
South Collingham is a village and a former parish adjoining North Collingham. It includes the hamlets of Brough and Danethorpe
Brough was a Roman station of the Fossway. Its Latin name was "Crocolana".
If you are planning a visit:
- The village is on the A1133 just off the A46 trunk road.
- Collingham is served by trains of the East Midlands Train serevice.
- Bus service runs to and from Newark-on-Trent.
- Roman pottery has often been found in the parish.
- The parish was devestated by flooding in both 1795 and 1875.
- The national grid reference is SK 8363.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- A company of the 2nd Notts Volunteer Rifles was stationed here in 1881 and had two shooting ranges. Captain Thomas C. S. WOOLLEY commanding; Robert DIXON was the drill instructor.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Newark Wapentake (Hundred) in the eastern division of the county.
- In April, 1970, this Civil Parish and South Collingham Civil Parish were abolished and joined to create a single Collingham Civil Parish.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here around 1790.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Newark Poor Law Union.
| Year |
North
Collingham |
South
Collingham |
| 1801 |
508 |
539 |
| 1851 |
935 |
834 |
| 1871 |
979 |
756 |
| 1881 |
928 |
776 |
| 1891 |
875 |
705 |
| 1901 |
813 |
670 |
| 1911 |
784 |
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- The local School Board was formed in 1875 but schools already existed by then.
- A CofE School was built in Brough in 1874.
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[Last updated: 13-January-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
