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South Collingham

"South Collingham parish includes the southern part of the village of Collingham, and hamlets of Brough and Danethorpe, distant two and a half miles to the south-east. It has 834 inhabitants and 3,230 acres of land, valued at £3,440. The Earl of Stamford is principal owner, and lord of the manor, which he holds on a lease under the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough, whose bishop has the advowson of the rectory, which is valued in the King's books at £14 1s 10½d, now at £418, and is enjoyed by the Rev. Joseph Mayor.
The church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, is a large ancient structure, and consists of a nave and two side aisles, with a tower in which are five bells, put up in 1841. The arches on the south side of the name are all pure Saxon, and are supposed to have formed part of the priory church, which is traditionally reported to have stood at Collingham. In the parish are two Wesleyan chapels, one at Collingham and the other at Brough. A National School was built in 1839 by subscription, which will accommodate 150 children, the average number being 130. On the Fosse Road is the site of the Crocolana of Antonius, now occupied by the village of Brough, where pots, urns, bricks and coins, termed Brough pennies, have been dug up at various periods. Danethorpe, which occupies an eminence a little to the south of Brough, had anciently a chapel annexed to Hawton."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

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

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. The church is on Church Street.
  
  
• The arches on the north aisle of the church date from 1120 - 1130, other portions date to 1230 - 1250. Most of the fabric of the building has been dated to 1350 - 1360.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1863.
  
  
• It is believed that Brough once had a Christian church.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish registers date from 1558.
  
  
• The London Family History Centre only has the Bishop's Transcripts for 1609-1845 on microfilm.
  
  
• Phillimore's Nottingham Marriages, volume 19, covers up to 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the deanery of Collingham.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel in Brough by 1881.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the North Collingham sub-district of the Newark Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

South Collingham is a township and a parish adjoining North Collingham. The parish borders covers over 2,800 acres and includes the hamlets of Brough and Danethorpe, both about 2 miles southwest of South Collingham village.

The combined village of Collingham sits on the banks of the River Fleet about 6 miles from Newark-on-Trent. Brough was a Roman station on the Fossway. If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A1133 off of the A46 motorway.
  
  
• You may wish to check out the Village website for its map and information.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8362.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Military History

• The Second Notts Volunteer Rifles were homed here and had a drill field. In 1881, the Company Captain was Thomas Cecil Smith WOOLLEY, Robert DIXON was the drill instructor.
  
  
• In 1869, Robert DIXON was the drill sergeant to the local rifle corps.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in Notting county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
  
  
• The parish was in the ancient Newark Wapentake (Hundred) in the eastern division of the county.
  
  
• In April, 1970, this Civil Parish was abolished and a joint Collingham Civil Parish was created to serve both villages.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Newark Poor Law Union in 1837.
  
  

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Population

Year	North Collingham	South Collingham
1801	508	539
1831	-	727
1851	935	834
1861	1010	863
1901	813	670

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Schools

• A National School for children of both sexes was built here in 1839.
  
  

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