Ollerton

• J. THOMAS provides a photograph of the Ollerton Library on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2015.
   
• The Library is Wheelchair Friendly and has a Local History section and a Newspaper selection.

The Library is located at:

• Ollerton Library
• Forest Road
• New Ollerton
• Newark, NG22 9PL
   
• Tele: 01623 677 200

• Ollerton Cemetery was consecrated in October, 1863, and is on Boughton Road. It was managed by the Burial Board of the Parish Council.
   
• Lynne KIRTON has a photograph of the Sherwood Forest Crematorium memorial garden at Geo-graph, taken in January, 2008. The Crematorium is on the south side of Ollerton village, just east of the Newark Road. The Crematorium opened in January, 2006.
   

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

• There is no mention of a church here in the 1086 Domesday Book.
   
• There was a medieval church built here, but records are scant.
   
• There are gravestones in the churchyard that pre-date the present church structure.
   
• The church was for many years a Chapel of Ease for Edwinstowe parish, which lies to the west.
   
• The church church did not separate from Edwinstowe until 1888.
   
• The church was rebuilt around 1780.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Giles.
   
• The church seats 280.
   
• The church was restored in late 1861 - early 1862.
   
• The church is Grade II listed with British Heritage.
   
• Geoff DUNN has a photograph of St. Giles Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Giles Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2006.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of the Church of St. Giles on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
   
• The churchyard was declared full in 1862.
   
• In 1931 the Church of St. Paulinus was opened in New Ollerton at the behest of the Butterley Company, local mineowners. There is no burial churchyard for St. Paulinus. The church sits in the middle of a large round-about, which is known locally as "Church Circle".
   
• Geoff DUNN has a photograph of St. Paulinus Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1813.
   
• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1592-1854.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Worksop.
   
• A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built on the Boughton Road in 1868.
   
• A Primitive Methodist chapel was built on the Newark (Rufford) Road in 1869. This is now a private dwelling.
   
• David BEVIS has a photograph of the Primitive Methodist chapel on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011.
   

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

Ollerton is a township, a parish and a small market town, which sits on the A616 arterial road between Worksop and Newark, 13 miles north-west of Newark. The parish covers 1,708 acres.

The River Maun runs past the north-west side of the town and joins the Rainworth Beck nearby. A lot of "New Ollerton" was built to the north in the 1920s and 1930s to house the workers in the coal pits. If you are planning a visit:

• The A614 trunk road skirts the town to the west.
   
• Rail service started in 1897 and ceased in 1955. In August, 2009, the line was re-opened to non-passenger service.
   
• David HALLAM-JONES has a photograph of a portion of Ollerton Village on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2015.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ollerton to another place.

• The Ollerton Coal pit closed in 1994.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Plough Inn, New Ollerton on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2015.
   
• J. THOMAS also has a photograph of the Snooty Fox, Ollerton on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2015.
   

• Ollerton Hall was built by Colonel MARKHAM, standard bearer to Queen Elizabeth I. Captain Henry SAVILE was the resident and owner in 1881.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of Ollerton Hall on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2010.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of Ollerton Hall on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2010.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK657689 (Lat/Lon: 53.213055, -1.018157), Ollerton which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• Ollerton had to provide billets for the South Notts Hussars in early March, 1915, for additional training.
   
• Andy STEPHENSON has a photograph of the Mill Stream and War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
   
• Stephen McKAY also has a photograph of the War Memorials on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2014.
   
• And David HALLAM-JONES also has a photograph of the War Memorials on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2015.
   
• The Commonwealth War Grave Commission tells us that there are 23 War Graves (22 English and 1 Dutch) in Ollerton Cemetery.
   

Lt.-Col. Thomas William CATOR lived in Ollerton for a number of years, apparently retired from the Army. He is listed in the 1881 Kelly's Directory. He is listed here in the 1881 and 1891 census with his wife, Jane Louisa, and several servants on Wellow Road. The Colonel was born in Womersley, Yorkshire, and his wife was born in Sussex. Records suggest that the Colonel died in 1900. Jane was probably Jane Louisa SOTHEBY.

The War Memorial on the island was unveiled by Lady SAVILE in September 1920. The names of men from the village who died in the Second World War have been added to the memorial together with the name of a soldier killed in Northern Ireland in 1989. The Royal British Legion installed a stained glass window in the parish church of St Giles in the year 2000; the window depicts the memorial cross.

These are the people honored by the memorial as listed at the Nottinghamshire County Roll of Honour web site.

1. John Alfred Barker
2. John Knight Barker
3. Albert Harry Beaumont
4. Charles Beaumont
5. Hedley Charles Carter
6. Ernest Harold Davison
7. William Robert Featherstone
8. Edward Fleet
9. John Tom Hempsall
10. Charles Reginald Laud
11. Edward Cartwright Padley
12. Frederick Albert Randall
13. Cooling Henry Reavill
14. Bertie Searson
15. Andrew Walker Stiles
16. Charles William Vincent

There are the men from World War II in Commonwealth War Graves in Ollerton cemetery:

The parish and village also appear in old records as "Alleton" or "Alretun",

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• This place was an ancient chapelry and township in Edwinstowe parish in county Nottingham. It became a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• The parish was in the Hatfield division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
   
• The parish was in the pariliamentary borough of East Retford.
   
• This Civil Parish was enlarged in April, 1957, by gaining 45 acres from Edwinstowe Civil Parish.
   
• Ollerton formed a Town Council in 1990 and an amalgamation with Boughton took place in 1999.
   
• You may contact the Ollerton Town Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT funded to help you with family history searches.
   
• Jonathan THACKER provides a photograph of the Ollerton and Boughton Town Hall on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2015.
   
• District governance is provided by the Newark and Sherwood District Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Worksop petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1861	932
1871	831
1881	818
1891	726
1901	690
1911	711
1921	676
1931	3,912

Probate of Bertie SEARSON's estate was administered on 30th November 1939 at London. Everything was left to his widow Julia SEARSON. He was buried at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Kirton, NTT.

• The National School was built in 1842 to hold 200 children. It was enlarged in 1848 by Lord Manvers to hold 300 children and 100 infants.
   
• Heather WILKINSON has a photograph of the Ollerton National School Students. Heather believes the photo is from around 1905 to 1910.
   
• The Free School for boys was built before 1881 on Wellow Road.
   
• John METTAM ran a private school for girls and boys in the early 1900s. Mary and Lucy SHACKLOCK ran a ladies school, also in the early 1900s.