Papplewick
- The parish was in the Hucknall Torkard sub-district of the Basford Registration District:
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2444 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2677 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint James.
- The church stands apart from the village, within the precincts of the Hall Grounds.
- The church was rebuilt in 1795.
- Papplewick is thought to be the burial place of Alan A'Dale - one of Robin Hood's men.
- St. James' Church has two large ancient stone slabs on its floor with carvings of longbows and hunting horns. These are thought to mark the graves of foresters, the medieval officials of the royal hunting forest.
Most of the records below can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
- The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1627-1835.
- Bishop's Transcripts exist for the period 1627-1835.
- Methodist Circuit records exist for the period 1844-1954.
- There are also Methodist Circuit registers for the period 1895-1967.
- Parish Chest notes exist for the period 1786-1919.
- The Anglican church was in the No. 1 deanery of Nottingham (or the Rural Deanery of Mansfield).
- The parish was in the Hucknall Torkard sub-district of the Basford Registration District:
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Papplewick is both a small village and a parish in central Nottinghamshire about 135 miles north of London, 9 miles north of Nottingham and 7 miles south of Mansfield. Hucknall lies just to the south-west. The parish covers about 1,766 acres and includes Newstead Priory.
The village of Papplewick is located in the west of the parish on the east bank or the River Leen. The village is closely allied to the village of Linby, further to the west. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A60 trunk road north out of Nottingham and turn left (west) onto the B6011 arterial road. This will take you to the village after about 1 mile.
- Check the bus schedules at: Carlberry Company.
- Visit the Papplewick village page for more sources.
- An annual sheep fair was held on the last Tuesday in August.
- A village feast was held on the Sunday before the sheep fair.
- Papplewick Hall, NG15 8FE, dates from 1787 and is probably the work of William LINDLEY of Doncaster. The house is stone built in the Georgian style.
- Near the Hall is a large rock, hollowed out and now called Robin Hood's Stable.
- The national grid reference is SK 5451.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- If we accept the etymology of Mr. Flavell Edmonds, Papplewick signifies the dwelling place of Pappa, a Saxon chieftain.
- In Doomsday Book it is called Papplewic, and three Saxon proprietors are named.
- This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham, but became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- This parish was in the north division of the Broxtowe Hundred or Wapentake.
- On 25 March, 1883, this parish was reduced by 6 acres to enlarge Bestwood Park Civil Parish.
- On 1 April, 1935, this parish was reduced by 220 acres to enlarge Hucknall Torkard Civil Parish.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1733 |
~206 |
| 1801 |
709 |
| 1861 |
270 |
| 1871 |
270 |
| 1881 |
331 |
| 1891 |
384 |
| 1901 |
346 |
| 1911 |
320 |
| 1921 |
333 |
| 1931 |
442 |
| 1971 |
573 |
| 1991 |
620 |
| 2001 |
630 |
- The local school is: Linby Cum Papplewick CE Pri Sch, Linby, Nottingham, NG15 8GA. Tele: 01159 634-282.
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[Last updated: 4-February-2013 - Louis R. Mills]
