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Scarrington

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"Scarrington, par., township, and vil., Notts, 2 miles NE. of Bingham - par., 2,850 ac., pop. 612; township, 910 ac., pop. 208."
[John BARTHOLOMEW's "Gazetteer of the British Isles," 1887]

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Archives & Libraries

The Community Library at Bingham is also an excellent resource.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
CensusPiece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 854
1861R.G. 9 / 2483
1871R.G. 10 / 3546
1881R.G. 11 / 3380
1891R.G. 12 / 2717
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John of Beverley.
     
  • The date of original construction is 1633.
     
  • The church was restored in 1867.
     
  • Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. John of Beverley's Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2007.
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1693.
     
  • The International Genealogical Index (IGI) includes records from this parish for the period 1609-1854.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery #2 of Bingham.
     
  • John MELLORS has contributed a list of Marriages, 1837 - 1902.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists had a small chaple here by 1881.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Scarrington Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014.
     
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
     
  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
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Description & Travel

Scarrington is a village, a township and a parish 119 miles north of London, 3 miles north-east of Bingham and 10 miles south-west of Newark. The parish covers about 910 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

  • By automobile, take the A52 trunk road east out of Nottingham or west out of Grantham. Turn north at Whatton and proceed about 2.5 miles. You should intersect the village of Scarrington.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014. Is my memory fading? I thought horses needed FOUR shoes!
     
You can see pictures of Scarrington which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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History

The village feast was held on Whit Sunday.

J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Women's Institute on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010. You might try and obtain a schedule of forth-coming events to see when they will next discuss the village history.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK734415 (Lat/Lon: 52.965849, -0.908603), Scarrington which are provided by:

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Military History

There is a War Memorial marble plaque on the south wall of the parish church nave.

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Military Records

The names on the War Memorial are:

2nd Lt. Arthur Leslie FRASER, Gnr. Wilfred PRITCHETT, and Pte. Herbert Breedon WORLEY.

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • The parish was in the ancient Bingham Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
     
  • The citizens of this parish have elected to forgo a formal Parish Council and have instead decided to have Parish Meetings to discuss civic and political issues.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bingham petty session hearings every other Thursday.
     
  • After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
     
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Population

 YearPopulation
1801152
1841230
1861231
1871231
1881208
1891203
1901178
1911184
1921160
1931162
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Schools

  • A parish school was built here in 1867 for Scarrington and Aslockton parishes.