Ordsall
"Ordsall Parish comprises the lordship of Ordsall, on the west side of the Idle,
and the lordship of Thrumpton, on the east side of that river. These lordships
form one township, and contain 1,342 inhabitants, and 1,925 acres of rich,
sandy land, part of which was not enclosed till 1804. The Manchester, Sheffield
and Lincolnshire, and the Great Northern railways, pass through, and both of
the stations are in this parish, the particulars of which will be found in the
Directory of East Retford.
Hops. Mr Young says, some years ago, two spirited agriculturists of this parish
(Mr Mason and George Brown Esq.) drained, at a small expense, by open cuts, a
deep black bog, which has been let for 3s per acre, and planted it with hops,
in squares of six feet, and succeeded so well as actually to clear £62 per acre
in one year."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the East Retford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2416 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2641 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Hallows.
- The church's lofty tower was damaged by lightning in 1823.
- The church was restored and repewed in 1831.
- The church was thoroughly restored and enlarged in 1878.
- The parish register dates from 1557 for marriages, 1558 for burials and baptisms.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Worksop.
- The parish was in the East Retford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This village and parish is 138 miles north of London and 15 miles east of Worksop. The parish is intersected by the Chesterfield Canal. The parish covered 1,989 acres and included the hamlet of Whitehouses.
The village is enveloped by East Retford. If you are planning a visit:
- Take the B6079 arterial east out of Worksop or the A1 motorway north out of Newark.
- The national grid reference is SK 6980.
- You'll want an Ordnance 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 Nottinghamshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish includes a township comprised of two Lordships; Ordsall west of the Idle River and Thrumpton east of the river.
- The parish was in the Hatfield division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake (Hundred) in the northern division of the county.
- The parish was also in the ancient Soke of Elksley.
- In 1878, the parish was incorporated into East Retford Brorough.
- On 1 April, 1921, the parish was abolished and absorbed into East Retford Civil Parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
560 |
| 1851 |
1,342 |
| 1861 |
1,911 |
| 1871 |
2,473 |
| 1881 |
3,011 |
| 1891 |
3,852 |
| 1901 |
5,199 |
| 1911 |
5,690 |
- A School Board of 5 members was formed here in 1871.
- The Board School for boys was built in Thrumpton hamlet in 1874.
- A Church of England School for infants was built in the parish before 1881.
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[Last updated: 9-February-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
