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Ossington

"Ossington is a pleasant village and parish on the Carlton and Kneesall turnpike road, which was formed in 1812. The parish contains 235 inhabitants and 2,263 a 2r of clay land, of which John Evelyn Denison Esq. M.P. is lord of the manor, and owner of the whole, except about 38 acres. He resides in the hall, a handsome modern mansion, situated in an extensive park, and embowered in woods. It is built on the site of an ancient house, which was partly destroyed in the civil wars, and was for many years the seat of a branch of the Cartwright family, that ended in four co-heiresses in 1775, who sold the estate to the late William Denison, a rich merchant of Leeds, who died in 1782 after realising a fortune of £700,000, a large portion of which, it is said, he gained by one ship's cargo, which arrived at Lisbon immediately after that city had been destroyed by an earthquake. His monument in the church consists of a full length figure of marble, standing upon a pedestal, having a scroll in his hand, with his ship unloading in the haven of Lisbon.
The church, situated near the Hall, is a neat structure, dedicated to the Holy Rood, with a tower and five bells. It has several other neat monuments, particularly two belonging to the Cartwrights and Peckhams. The living is a donative. J.E. Denison Esq. is the patron and impropriator, and the Rev. Archibald George Campbell M.A. the incumbent."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Rood. (One source list "the Virgin Mary")
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1772.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Tuxford.
  
  

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Civil Registration

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

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Description and Travel

Ossington is a village and a parish. The parish lies 4 miles south of Tuxford, 10 miles northwest of Newark-on-Trent and about 2 miles west of Carlton-on-Trent. The parish covers 2.412 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• Check the Carlberry site for bus and coach service.
  
  
• By automobile, take the A1 north out of Newark-on-Trent and turn left (west) at Carlton. Go west about 2.5 miles to get to the village of Ossington.
  
  

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Directories

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7564.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in Nottinghamshire, but became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Thurgarton Wapentake (Hundred) in the eastern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	217
1851	235
1861	231
1871	199
1881	188
1891	211
1901	175
1911	196
1921	182

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Schools

• A School was built in the village to hold 70 students. Students were accepted from the adjoining parishes as well.
  
  

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