North Muskham
"North Muskham Parish contains the three townships of North Muskham, Bathley and
Holme, in which are 1,021 inhabitants and 3,290 acres of fertile land, which
was enclosed in 1771 when 91 acres were awarded to the vicar, and 300 acres to
the Earl of Falconberg, in lieu of the tithes. The Earl has since sold the
impropriate lands to various persons.
North Muskham is a pleasant village on the west bank of the Trent, and partly
on the Great North Road, 3½ miles north of Newark. Its township contains 663
inhabitants and 1,090 acres of rich land. Mrs Edge of Strelley is lessee, under
the prebendary, for the manor who, with the Duke of Newcastle, are the
principal owners. Muskham House, a superb mansion, buily by the Pocklingtons in
1793, was taken down a few years ago. Muskham Grange, a fine ancient mansion
occupied by John Handley Esq., was the seat of the late William Dickenson
Hastall Esq., who distinguished himself as a topographer of some of the most
interesting parts of his native county.
The church, dedicated to St Wilfred, is a neat gothic structure with nave,
chancel, side aisles and tower, in which are two bells. The living is a
vicarage, valued in the King's books at £5 6s 8d, now £173. The
prebendary of North Muskham is patron and appropriator, and the Rev. Joseph
Markham Parry A.M. incumbent."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2474 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Wilfred (spelling variations abound!).
- The church was restored in 1906 and 1907.
- The church is Grade 1 listed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1706 for all entries, but is in poor condition.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1814. They moved to a new chapel in 1905.
- The parish was in the Kneesal sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This village and parish are about 128 miles north of London and 3 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. The parish covered 1,096 acres in 1881.
The village is on the west bank of the River Trent. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, the village is just off of the A1 motorway north of Newark.
- The parish has its own Web site which provides additional information and directions.
- The national grid reference is SK 7958.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey "Explorer" map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county, and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the northern division of the Thurgarton Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
- The Bathley township was split off as its own Civil Parish in December, 1866.
- The Holme chapelry was split off as its own Civil Parish even earlier.
- Information on the Parish Council can help you with political or social issues.
- The Common Land was enclosed here in 1771.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
| Year |
North Muskham |
Bathley |
Holme |
| 1811 |
336 |
179 |
109 |
| 1851 |
663 |
214 |
144 |
| 1871 |
552 |
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| 1881 |
542 |
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| 1901 |
559 |
171 |
100 |
- Mary Woodhouse endowed a school which was built as a ome-room school in 1798.
- A school board was formed of 7 members in 1875.
- A board School was built here in 1880 on a site previously devoted to the Mary Woodhouse endowed School. This school closed circa 1965.
- The new school was opened in 1966. This school has its own Web site with a history section, but no mention of earlier students.
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[Last updated: 2-September-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
