Nottinghamshire

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Nearby Places

Rampton

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to All Saints and is built of stone.
  
  

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Church Records

• The parish register dates from 1565 and is in good condition.
  
  
• The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1639-1846.
  
  
• The church was in the No. 2 deanery of Retford (the rural deanery of Tuxford).
  
  
• There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the village built before 1869.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the East Retford sub-district of the East Retford Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

This village and parish lie about 136 miles north of London on the west bank of the River Trent, only 7 miles east-southeast from Retford and 8 miles south of Gainsborough. The parish covers 2,155 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• A Ramblers' Walk is a great way to see the countryside.
  
  

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Manors

• Rampton Manor ws the residence of Lieut.-Coronel Henry EYRE, J.P. in 1881.
  
  
• The Manor House has been demolished. Photographs are available at the Picture The Past site.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7978.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance 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 Governance

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• For governance, the parish was in the South Clay division of the ancient Bassetlaw Wapentake in the northern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the East Retford Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Population
1801	322
1811	313
1821	391
1831	411
1841	420
1851	455
1861	496
1871	453
1881	357
1891	341

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Schools

• There was a Parochial School founded by the EYRE family.
  
  

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