White's Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1853

Nuthall, Awsworth and Cinderhill

Nuthall Parish includes the township and chapelry of Awsworth, and contains 685 inhabitants, and 1,200 acres of land.

Nuthall is a small rural village on the Alfreton Road, 4½ miles north west by north of Nottingham. Robert Holden Esq. is lord of the manor, and principal owner of the land, but Wm. Faulconbridge and a few others have estates here.

Nuthall Temple is the elegant seat of Thos. Nixon Esq., situated in an extensive park, with beautiful gardens, and a fine verdant lawn. The house is square, with two very low wings, and a handsome portico in front, approached by a light ballustraded range of steps. The roof rises raplidly to a large and lofty dome in the centre, which hides all the chimneys, and is surrounded with an airy ballustrade, commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country. The dome within displays a profusion of ornamental plaster work, and has a light gallery, supported by the pillars of the magnificent hall, which lighted from the dome, and is of an octagon figure, 36 feet in diameter, decortaed with the richest exhibitions of plastic art.

The church is a small ancient edifice, dedicated to St Patrick. The living is a rectory, with about 50 acres of glebe, and valued in the King's book at £3 14s 9d, now at £350. It is in the gift of Robert Holden Esq., and incumbency of the Hon. and Rev. John Venables Vernon M.A. A new school was erected by subscription in 1846 for the use of children of all denominations.

Cinder Hill is a small hamlet, in the township, one mile south east of the village. Here is an excellent stone quarry, and an extensive colliery, in which upwards of 200 peeople are employed.

Awsworth township and chapelry borders upon Derbyshire, and has a small village on the Nottingham Canal, 2½ miles west of Nuthall. The Earl of Stamford is lord of the manor, and principal owner of the land. The chapel was consecrated about 1760, and is a curact endowed with about £50 a year. The Earl of Stamford is the patron, and the Rev. S.M. Lund is the incumbent, for whom the Rev. Wm. Clementson M.A. officiates, who resides in a neat mansion erected in 1843. It is situated on an eminence, and commands a fine view of the Derbyshire and Leicestershire hills. The chapelry is entitled to send one poor person to Ilkeston almshouses, and to receive £5 yearly from the funds of Smedley's charity, for teaching 18 poor children. The Earl of Stamford is trustee.

Shilo is an extra parochial hamlet of 8 houses and 4½ acres of land, on the western side of the Nottingham Canal, with the population included with Nuthall. A Primitive Methodist chapel was built here in 1834.

[Transcribed by Clive Henly]