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. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2486 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2718 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin.
- The present Norman structure sits on Saxon foundations.
- The church was restored in 1875.
- The church tower was rebuilt in 1906.
- Richard ROGERSON has a photograph of St. Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1558.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Bingham No. 3.
- There was a Wesleyan chapel built in Normanton-on-the-Wolds before 1881.
- The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
This parish 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:
- The village enjoys good bus service to Nottingham during weekdays.
- Passenger rail service ended in 1968.
- By automobile, take the A606 trunk road, heading south out of Nottingham for about 6 miles.
- The Griffen Public House has been open since 1843. In 1881 William TURNER, a farmer, ran the inn. Geoff PICK has a photograph of The Griffen on Geo-graph, taken in 2009.
- The national grid reference is SK 6132.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Rus HAMMER has a photograph of the War Memorial in the churchyard on Panoramio, taken in 2008.
For a list of the names on the memorial, see the Southwell Church History site.
- 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.
- 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 |
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[Last updated: 25-November-2012 - Louis R. Mills]
