Plumtree (or Plumtre)
"Plumtree is a small, pleasant village and parish, on the Melton Mowbray Road,
5½ miles south south east of Nottingham, and was formerly the capital of a
wapentake of its own name. It contains 306 inhabitants and about 1,812 acres of land.
The parish is divided up into three townships of Plumtree, Normanton on the Wolds and
Clipston. W.S. Burnside Esq. is lord of the manor and principal owner, and also patron
of the rectory, which is valued in the King's books at £19 9s 7d, now £1,113,
and is enjoyed by the Rev. John Burnside. At the enclosure 446 acres of land was allotted
in lieu of tithes. The church, dedicated to St Mary, was re-pewed, a new pulpit added, and
the gallery enlarged in 1818, at a cost of £300. The chancel contains a very handsome
painting of the crucifixion, belonging to the worthy rector. A school room was built in 1840
by W.E. Elliott Esq. The poor have the interest of £34, left in 1755 by Richard Fritchett
and an unknown donor. The feast is on the first Sunday after Trinity."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 854 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2486 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2718 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The church was restored in 1875.
- The church tower was restored and partially rebuilt in 1908.
- The church seats 270.
- Ralph MILLS has a photograph of the Anglican church on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2006.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Bingham No. 3.
- The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This parish, township and village lies 5.5 miles south-east of Nottingham and 13 miles north-west of Melton Mowbray. The parish covers 4,376 acres and includes the three townships of Plumtree, Normanton-on-the-Wolds and Clipstone-on-the-Wolds.
If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the A606 trunk road, heading south out of Nottingham for about 6 miles.
- Kate JEWELL has a photograph of the village centre on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2008.
- The national grid reference is SK 6133.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Alan MURAY-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial in the churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
- The townships of Plumtree and Normanton-on-the-Wolds were in the ancient North Rushcliffe Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
- The township of Clipstone-on-the-Wolds was in the southern division of the ancient Bingham Wapentake (Hundred) in the county.
- This parish was, at one time, the capital of a hundred or wapentake of its own name.
- You may contact the local Plumtree Parish Council regarding civic or politcal issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
- District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Nottingham petty session hearings.
- In 1774, Richard PRITCHETT and another donor now unknown left the interest of £34 for the poor.
- After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Plumtree |
Normanton |
Clipstone |
| 1801 |
209 |
102 |
62 |
| 1851 |
306 |
210 |
81 |
| 1881 |
378 |
~99 |
50 |
| 1901 |
230 |
209 |
47 |
[Last updated: 28-December-2014 - Louis R. Mills]
